Vidyasagar College

About The Department

The founding of Metropolitan College in 1872, later named as Vidyasagar College in 1917, was a true representation of nationalist sprit of the great founder of the college, Pundit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Teaching Chemistry at Metropolitan College started at 1885, almost from inception of the college and in those days, Chemistry was taught as a part of ‘Material and Moral Science’. In 1908, the College got permission for starting Chemistry as one of the subjects in F.A. class, from University of Calcutta. Then in 1910, Chemistry was introduced in B.A. class. Honours course in Chemistry as a Science subject started in June, 1926. In 1934, after almost nine years of unrelenting labour of both teachers and students, the Department was able to produce the first class I Honours Graduate, Amiya Kumar Mitra and since then, the Department gave birth to a galaxy of notable persons who played vital roles in different spheres of national life for regeneration of India and education of the youth.

Eminent teachers of the past:

Prof Prafulla Candra Ray, Prof. Dhirendra Chandra Roy, Prof. Ramoni Mohon Roy (later Principal, Surendranath College), Prof. Bijoy Kali Goswami, Prof. P. B. Sarkar, Prof. S.R. Palit (later IACS), Prof. Phatic Chandra Kundu, Prof. Animesh Chakraborty (later joined IACS, Bhatnagar Awardee).

Eminent Alumni of the Department:

Vice Chancellors of Kalyani and Jadavpur Universities, Prof. Santi Ranjan Palit (Professor, of Vidyasagar College and IACS), Prof. Jagat Jiban Ghosh (Professor of Biochemistry, C.U.), Prof. Arunendu Sarkar (Professor, Vidyasagar College and Polymer science, C.U.), Prof. Satyesh Chandra Pakrashi (Professor and Director of IICB), Prof. Binoy Bhusan Bhowmick (Professor, J.U.), Prof. Subhas Bera (Professor, J.U.), Prof. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (Professor, J.U.), Prof. Dipak Bhattacharya (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Alok Kumar Mitra (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Amarendra Patra (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Pranab Das Poddar (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Basudeb Barman (Vice Chancellor, Kalyani University).

Eminent Alumni of Recent Past:

Dr. Debapratim Das (Asso. Prof., IIT Guwahati), Dr Debojyoti Pramanik (Assis. Prof., Presidency University), Dr Arijit Sengupta, (Asso Prof., Bradley University, USA), Dr Partha Roy, (Assis Prof, IIT, Gandhinagar), Dr Banibrata Maity (Assis Prof., Thapar, Patiala).

History of Department

In June 2026, Department of Chemistry will complete 100 years of Honours teaching in Chemistry. Department of Chemistry has retained its fame even in the recent years, where our students have stood 1st, 2nd positions in the CU final exam. Our students are scattered throughout the globe.

Apart from the Honours/Major courses, Chemistry Department provides teaching General/Minor Course to other Bio-sciences, Physical Sciences, Food & Nutrition.