Our Glorious Students

Asutosh College, a premier academic institution of Kolkata was established on July 17, 1916 by the visionary Sir Asutosh Mukherjee with the objective of imparting knowledge to the students of Kolkata and its neighbourhood.

In the hundred years of its existence, the institution has been the abode to thousands of students whose lives have been touched and moulded by this august institution. This college has nurtured in its fold great poets, litterateurs, musicians, sportsmen, politicians, lawyers and academicians who have curved a place for themselves in this society. Among the alumni, there are some students who have made us proud, and there are thousands of other students who are not as illustrious as their forebears but who have definitely played a significant role in the shaping of our society.

The information on the alumni has been gleaned mainly from the Asutosh College Magazine which is a mine of information on the activities of the students almost since its inception. Many of these magazines are lost to us but whatever we have been able to muster enlightens us on the diverse and variegated activities of the student community.

Many of the prominent poets and literary giants initiated their writing career in the College Magazine. Achintya Kumar Sengupta, Premendra Mitra, Bimal Mitra, Dinesh Das, Samarendra Sengupta contributed to the College Magazine. There is mention of Amal Chandra Roychowdhury, Professor of History, who was highly interested in the literary ventures of the budding author Bimal Mitra. He does not forget to mention that on different occasions he had advised Achintya Kumar, Premendra Mitra and Manoj Basu on their writing skills. There is a mention of a short story competition organized by the College where author Bhagirath Misra received the second prize in 1965. There was a Rabindra Patha Chakra where presumably discussions on Rabindranath Tagore were conducted.

Asutosh College students excelled in sports. It is one of the colleges in West Bengal which has a tent and a field in the Maidan next to Akashvani Bhawan. The Annual Sports of the college is held on this field till date. A number of students such as Rabin Mukhopadhyay, Kalyan Ghosh, Debu Mitra and Aloke Majumder were included in the Bengal Cricket Team. Football was the forte of Asutosh College students. Inder Bakshi was the team-leader of the Asutosh College football team. He was also the captain of the Calcutta University football team. Some other renowned football players were Sukumar Samajpati and others. In hockey, the team captain was Barin Roy Chowdhury. Other games in which the College students participated and excelled were swimming and boat racing.

As far as cultural activities are concerned Asutosh College students have always enthusiastically participated and organized several programmes. Centre stage was of course, the Freshers’ Welcome, Foundation Day Programme, and Rabindra Jayanti. Anupam Ghatak as a budding musician practised Raga Bhimpalasri on the lawn of Hazra Park, now known as Jatin Das Park. The lone audience was a first year student, later the renowned author, Bimal Mitra. The late Rabindra Sangeet exponent Chinmoy Chatterjee, Subir Sen, Anup Ghoshal, Anjan Dutt, Neel Dutt, Rupam Islam and others figure in the alumni list. Of the film personalities, we have to mention Ranjit Mullick, Rabi Ghosh and a list of others. The renowned magician P. C. Sercor (Junior) is also an alumnus.

This college became the platform for political training via the Students’ Union. Students like Sri Partha Chatterjee, Sri Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and Nirbed Roy prepared themselves for the future through various activities within the College. Debates were a regular affair where they could hone their oratorical skills.

Asutosh College had a functioning St. Johns Ambulance Division. The purpose was to train students in First Aid. On the occasion of the Rathajatra festival in Puri, they rendered all possible assistance to the pilgrims. The students of History were taken on a historical tour by the teachers of the College.

The students of this college have always actively participated in social and philanthropic activities. In 1932, the students of the College organized a musical programme to raise funds for the welfare of the oppressed villagers of Chittagaong. Srimati Sarala Devi Choudhurani participated in this programme and it turned out to be thoroughly successful. In the same year the students arranged a relief-fund for the flood victims of North Bengal. In 1943 the inspiring leadership of Mrs. Sarojini Naidu influenced the students into organizing a free kitchen where as many as 200 persons were fed every day. The expenses were borne by the students; they collected one anna each week for this purpose. These students never forgot the ideals of the great founder Sir Asutosh.

Noteble Alumni

Academic

Prof. Arun Kumar Sharma (Padmabhusan & Bhatnagar Awardee)
Prof. U. R. Ghatak (Bhatnagar Awardee, Ex-director, JACS)
Prof. Anandadeb Mukhopadhyay (Former VC, Vidyasagar University)
Prof. D. K. Sinha (former VC, Viswa Bharati)
Dr. Rathindra Mohan Chakraborty (Director, Nehru Museum, Mumbai)
Prof. Bimal Sinha (Statistician)
Prof. Bikash Sinha (Statistician)
Dr. Subrata Roy (Well-known Physicist & Author)
Sri Somendranath Bandyopadhyay (Academician)
Sri Suddhasatwa Basu (Academician)

Administration - Civil, Legal and Political

Dr Partha Chatterjee (Higher Education Minister)
Sri Tushar Talukdar (CP, Cal. Pol.)
Sri Bikash Kali Basu ( CP, Cal. Pol.)
Sri Ajit Sengupta (Judge, Kolkata High Court)
Sri Provash Phadikar (Former Minister)
Sri Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharjee (Ex-Mayor, KMC, Advocate)
Sri Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay (MIC, Power Dept, & Chief Whip, WBLA)
Sri Subrata Bakshi (MP)
Sri Swadesh Kumar Banerjee (Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India)
Sri Sibaprasad Ray Chaudhury (Deputy Director, Parliament Library, Lok Sabha)
Sri Tilakmouli Rakshit (WBCS, Deputy Magistrate, Govt. of WB)
Sri Ujjwal Bose (Register, CU)
Sri Nirbed Roy
Sri Baiswanar Chattopadhyay (Councillor & Borough Chairman)

Arts and Entertainment

Sri Anupam Ghatak
Sri Anup Ghosal
Sri Rabi Ghosh
Sri P. C. Sorcar (Junior)
Sri AnjanDutt
Sri Rupam Islam
Sri Bappaditya Bandopadhyay
Smt. Somlata Acharya Chowdhury
Sri Rishi Mukherjee
Sri Shantilal Mukherjee
Smt. Mimi Chakraborty

Literature

Sri Bimal Mitra
Sri Premendra Mitra
Sri Dinesh Das
Sri Utpal Kumar Basu
Sri Amritasudan Bhattacharyya
Sri Sachindranath Bandopadhyay
Sri Ratneshwar Hazra
Sri Bhagirath Misra
Sri Achintya Kr. Sengupta
Sri Samarendra Sengupta
Sri Tapan Bandyopadhyay
Sri Debiprasad Bondyopadhyay
Sri Binayak Bandopadhyay
Sri Srijato Bandopadhyay

Social Service

Smt. Anu Mookerjee (Grandnisce of Sir Asutosh)
Sri Kalyan Ghosh
Sri Sanat Sarkar
Sri Inder Bakshi
Sri Aloke Majumder
Sri Sukumar Samajpati
Sri Debu Mitra
Sri Krishanu De
Sri Barin Roy Chowdhury
Sri Rabin Mukhopadhyay

Sports

Sri Chuni Goswami Sri Manas Bhattacharya
Sri Chinmoy Chatterjee
Sri Subir Sen
Sri Ranjit Mullick
Sri Mrinal Mukhopadhyay
Sri Surajit Chattopadhyay
Sri Neel Dutt
Smt. Sohini Dasgupta
Sri Krishnakishore Mukherjee
Sri Debapratim Dasgupta
Sri Ratneswar 'Ratu' Mukhopadhyay
Sri Saheb Bhattach

Alumni Association

INTRODUCTION

Asutosh College has a rich legacy of leadership, and is also well recognized for nurturing talent. Since its establishment in 1916 under the scintillating endeavour Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, the College has carved a unique niche for itself. Today Asutosh College is the alma mater of a phenomenally large number of eminent personalities who have not merely excelled themselves in diverse fields but contributed greatly to the society. The Association fosters the spirit of loyalty and strengthens strong bonds among the alumni, the community, and the College. The Alumni Association was formed with the vision to maintain a life-long (and certainly more than that) connection between the Institute and its alumni.

Asutosh College Alumni Association organizes social events, publishes newsletters or magazines, and often raises funds for the organization. Many provide a variety of services and benefits that bridge connections to their educational institution and fellow graduates. Asutosh College Alumni Association is official alumnus society of Asutosh College, Kolkata, West Bengal. The Association is registered under THE WEST BENGAL SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, 1961, and got its registration bearing No S/IL/172752 of 2010-2011 on 4th August, 2010.

THE BEGINNING

The Association started working under leadership of Dr. Dipak Kumar Kar, the Principal of the College, Dr. Debdas Roy (Department of Geology), Dr. Sajal Bhattacharya, Associate Professor in Zoology and Smt. Rupa Bhattachaya (Department of Bengali & BBA) from 2010.

OBJECTIVES

• To promote strong bond and communication among members of the Association, and among the Association and the College and the students.  
• To provide a forum for the members of the Association to share experiences and views.
• To assist the students, scholars, and teachers of the College and members of the Association in their academic pursuits and professional careers.
• To remain engaged with the alma mater and help form its future through the Association's services and suggestions.

ACTIVIES

Names, Designations of the Members of the Second Governing Body of ASUTOSH COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (2014-16)

PROGRAMMES CARRIED OUT DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS

• Organized a blood donation camp on 29-09-2011 when many of members donated blood
• Organized a day-long Seminar on “Prospective of Higher Education in West Bengal in the next ten years” on 17th December, 2011.
• Organized a day long Health camp at Asutosh College Second Campus, Bhasa for the local inhabitants with the help of Bharat Sevasram Sangha Hospital closely located on 26th February, 2012.
• Organized an interactive session and seminar on “TEACH PEACE TO REACH PEACE” in collaboration with the alumni Association of Fulbright scholars in India on 25th March, 2012.
• Greeted all the new students of 2012 with a token gift and exchange good wishes.
• We rendered our help to arrange for free studentship for quite a good number of needy students satisfying some of our social commitments (2012).
• We are able to stand by a few old members by providing for their medical Aid(2012)
• In 2013, we arranged exhibitions of tableau and organized a massive morning procession to announce the commencement of the celebrations of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee’s 150th Birth centenary.
• We arranged for a token of encouragement a god writing pen to all the newly admitted students of the session.
• Benefitted one of our needy students in Zoology Honours in the year 2013-14.
• We rendered our concerted efforts to increase the number of members to around 350 and expressed our indebtedness to all concerned who contributed to our efforts.
• Planned to organize an annual meet in December, 2013.
• In 2014, the association feels proud that starting with a few, the number of members increased to 500 providing a vital force of funds.
• We undertook the encouragement function by arranging for gift to the new entrants.
• We exercised to offer free studentship to a few needy students.    
• We undertook to stand by a few old members for the purpose of medical aid.
• We actively participated in the celebration of Sir Asutosh Mookerjee’s 150th Birth anniversary and commemorate we presented a Tabloid in the procession arranged for the purpose on 28th June, 2014.
• We paid homage to the departed soul of our Ex-Principal Dr. Debabrata Choudhury and this respectful occasion was published in Ananda Bazar Patrika on 12-02-2014.
• The association pledged for more committed work on the eve of the “Centenary of “Asutosh College”.

PRESENT INTERNAL WORKING MEMBERS FOR RECONSTRUCT OF THE ASSOCIATION

Conveners:

Dr. Surjya Sarathi Bhattacharyya, Assistant Professor in Physics
Dr. Sudip Mandal, Assistant Professor in Bengali
Sri Sarthak Banerjee, Head Clerk

Members:

Dr. Abhik Kundu, Associate Professor in Geology
Dr. Sudip Dasgupta, GLI in Geography
Smt Arundhati Ganguly, Assistant Professor in Environmental Science
Smt. Sangita Ghosh, SACT in Bengali
Smt. Samanwita Das, SACT in Bengali
Sri Bikram Das, SACT in Bengali
Smt. Poulami Samanta, Cashier
Sri Aditya Das, Laboratory Attendant in Botany