Jagadbandhu Institution
Jagadbandhu Institution 
listen ) is a school for boys in South Kolkata, West Bengal, India, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education for Madhyamik Pariksha (10th Board exams) and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education for Higher Secondary Examination (12th Board exams).
| Jagadbandhu Institution | |
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 The main school building in South Kolkata | |
| Location | |
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25, Fern Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata , , , 700019 | |
| Coordinates | 22°31′11.39″N 88°21′58.02″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, selective, single-sex high secondary school |
| Mottoes | "Know thyself" |
| Founded | 1914 |
| Founder | Jagadbandhu Ray |
| Headmaster | Avijit Bhattacharya |
| Teaching staff | ~56 |
| Grades | 1-12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age range | 6-18 |
| Number of pupils | 2000 |
| Language | Bengali |
| Schedule | 11 A.M to 4.20 P.M. |
| Yearbook | Sanchari |
| Affiliations | WBBSE and WBCHSE |
| Website | www |
History
Jagadbandhu Institution is a Bengali medium of South Kolkata. The school was established by Jagadbandhu Roy in 1914 at 25 Fern Road, Kolkata-19.[1] Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee laid the foundation stone on 11 January 1914. The first president and vice-president of the school were Asutosh Choudhury and Rai Bahadur Ramtaran Banerjee.[2] The first secretary was Rajendra Bidyabhusan.[3]
Notable people
Notable alumni
- Salil Chowdhury, music director and songwriter
- Tushar Talukdar, police commissioner, Kolkata Police
- Chinmoy Guha, scholar, linguist, knighted twice by the government of France, former vice-chancellor, Rabindra Bharati
- Samik Bandyopadhyay, scholar and critic
- Subrata Guha, test cricketer
- Subrata Roy (scientist), professor, inventor, author
- Tapan Raychaudhuri, historian, professor
- Prof. Partha Saha, molecular biologist, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Notable teachers
- Jyoti Bhusan Chaki, linguist, author, translator
- Shyamal Dutta Ray, water-colour painter
Alumni association
The school alumni association was established in 1992.[4]
See also
- Kamala Girls' High School, girls' school in south Kolkata, India
References
- "School Alumni Website". Archived from the original on 11 August 2011.
- "School Website". Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- "School Website". Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- "Alumni Website".
External links
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