OUR VISSION AND MISSION

Asutosh College, formerly known as South Suburban College, was established on 17th July, 1916, under the visionary leadership of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, one of the pioneers of modern education in India.

A premier learning institute of West Bengal, the college, as of today, has created its niche as a centre of both Undergraduate & Postgraduate studies and research in more than 28 disciplines including some of the emerging areas of recent times.

Our Vision

‘JNĀN JETHĀ MUKTA’ ('Where Knowledge is Free...')
To impart not only formal education to all, irrespective of caste, creed, social and economic status, or physical health, but also adopt a holistic approach to knowledge as a means of attaining wisdom.
To remain faithful and dedicated to our traditional goal of teaching and learning.

Our Mission

To facilitate the realization of the motto of inclusive and holistic education;
To take the right to education a step further by making institutionalized education available and accessible to all irrespective of differences in gender, religion, language, physical abilities, social and economic status;
To instill in our students moral values, discipline and dynamism along with imparting quality education;
To provide value based and value added education that imparts a feeling of self-esteem, self-confidence and self-respect among the students;
To inject energy and vigour among our youth and help them evolve as responsible future citizens of the country;

In spite of being essentially a premier urban College, located in Kolkata, our College caters to the needs of students from all over the state, neighbouring states and even neighbouring countries; being a part of the education system of densely populated country like India, we aim to reach out to the maximum possible number of students, without compromising on quality.

Our Objective

To create not only awardees of degrees, but also responsible human beings and citizens;
To provide an ambience that makes our students physically, mentally, culturally and thereby, capable of contributing to a healthy and prosperous society;
To provide need-based education to cope up with the changing requirements of the society;
To attain excellence through academics;

To sustain the rich legacy of excellence of the college.