Bhawanipur Education Society College

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| name = The Bhawanipur Education Society College

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| established = {{start date and age|1966}}

| type = Private research university

| chairman = Rajnikant Dani

| head_label = Teacher-in-charge

| head = Dr. Subhabrata Gangopadhyay

| city = Kolkata, West Bengal

| country = India

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kolkata##Location in India

| campus = Urban

| affiliation = University of Calcutta

| website = {{URL|http://www.thebges.edu.in/}}

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Bhawanipur Education Society College (or Bhawanipur College) is a private, co-educational, undergraduate college affiliated with the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India.{{cite book|title=Multiple Career Choices by Devajit Bhuyan|pages=112|isbn=9788122307795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LtNbBNYQLmkC&q=Bhawanipore+Education+Society+&pg=PA112|last1=Bhuyan|first1=Devajit|date=17 May 2002}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.studentsspan.com/php/showSCDeatils.php?p_name=Kolkata,%20West%20Bengal%20Schools&SC_id=36&priority=8 |title=The BES College was founded in 1966 by the Gujarati Society, Calcutta. |access-date=18 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325052202/http://www.studentsspan.com/php/showSCDeatils.php?p_name=Kolkata,%20West%20Bengal%20Schools&SC_id=36&priority=8 |archive-date=25 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|title=Universities handbook: India, Volume 26|year=1995|pages=217|isbn=9788175200005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9GcOAQAAMAAJ&q=Bhawanipore}} It is at 5, Lala Lajpat Rai Sarani (Elgin Road) of the Bhowanipore area of Kolkata.[http://www.asklaila.com/listing/Kolkata/Elgin+Road/The+Bhawanipur+Education+Society+College/p7jPmdYI/ The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Elgin Road, Kolkata] As per, December 2024, the Bhawanipore Gujarati Education Society College (BESC) will be upgraded to university status.{{Cite web |last=Network |first=digitalLEARNING |date=2024-12-13 |title=West Bengal to Launch Rabindranath Tagore and Ramakrishna Paramhansa Universities - Elets Digital Learning |url=https://digitallearning.eletsonline.com/2024/12/west-bengal-to-establish-rabindranath-tagore-and-ramakrishna-paramhansa-universities-to-boost-higher-education/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |language=en-GB}}

History

The college was started in 1966 for boys and girls by the efforts and donation of money and land by Gujarati community living in Kolkata. The Six-storied building was constructed with major donations from other city-based Gujarati industrialists and businessman. The college is managed through The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society. The Society enjoys the status of linguistic Minority Educational Institutions under Article 30(1) of the Constitution of India.

It grew out of a school named J. J. Ajmera High School, established in 1928, which became a secondary school in 1958 and later a higher secondary school, founded in 1960 and run by the same trust.{{Cite web |url=http://www.shickshack.com/2499-kolkata-institutions/the-bhawanipur-gujarati-education-society-college-kolkata |title=The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society, grew out of the Bhawanipur Gujarati School (founded 1928), the Secondary School (1958) and the Higher Secondary School (1960) BES College in (1966). |access-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004215150/http://www.shickshack.com/2499-kolkata-institutions/the-bhawanipur-gujarati-education-society-college-kolkata |archive-date=4 October 2011 |url-status=dead }} The college was known as Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society College (BGES College) but since 2002, the word Gujarati has been dropped. Its popular name is Bhawanipur College.

Established by Gujaratis, a linguistic minority in West Bengal, it enjoys protection under Article 30 (1) of the constitution of India. Meant for educating children of the Gujarati community, it has, over the years opened its doors to all eligible students, irrespective of caste, creed, religion or language.*

Umang is the annual cultural fest and the college also conducts Model United Nation Conference which was started in 2016.{{cite news|last1=Ray|first1=Anindya Shankar|title=Umang lives it up|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150131/jsp/t2/story_10788.jsp#.WJAkLX1gjIU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180405153039/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1150131/jsp/t2/story_10788.jsp#.WJAkLX1gjIU|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2018|access-date=31 January 2017|agency=ABP|issue=The Telegraph|date=31 January 2015}}

Courses

= Degrees =

The following degrees are offered by the college:{{cite web|title=BESC The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata|url=http://thebges.edu.in/|website=thebges.edu.in/courses/|access-date=9 May 2018}}

B.Com (Hons) & General
B.B.A. (Hons)
B.A. (Hons) English
B.A. (Hons) Journalism and Mass Communication
B.A. (Hons) Political Science
B.A. (Hons) Sociology
B.A. (Hons) History
B.A. (Hons) Bengali
B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry
B.Sc. (Hons) Physics
B.Sc. (Hons) Economics
B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science
B.Sc. (Hons) Electronics
M.Com Accountancy and Finance
M.A. English

Total Courses : 16 courses across 5 streams

Popular Courses : BBA, BA

A sister unit of the college The Bhawanipur Design Academy[http://bhawanipurdesignacademy.org The Bhawanipur Design Academy] runs vocational courses in Design Fundamentals, Fashion, Interior, and Textile Design, and also Creative Art, Modelling, Personality Development and Foreign languages including French, Spanish, Chinese, etc.

Fest

Umang is the annual cultural fest of the college.

Notable alumni

Dilip Sanghvi, one of the richest man in India & founder Sun Pharma{{cite news|title=Govt appoints Dilip Shanghvi, PK Monhanty at RBI's central board|url=http://www.zeebiz.com/india/news-govt-appoints-dilip-shanghvi-pk-monhanty-at-rbi-s-central-board-35736|access-date=30 April 2018|work=Zee Business|date=25 January 2018|language=en}}
Ridhima Ghosh, Tollywood actress
Nusrat Jahan, former Member of Lok Sabha & Tollywood actress
Jeet, Tollywood actor
Vishal Vashishtha, TV actor{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141014/jsp/t2/story_18922500.jsp#.Vyjb29KLTMw|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141118022859/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1141014/jsp/t2/story_18922500.jsp#.Vyjb29KLTMw|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2014|title=TV stars from Calcutta|website=The Telegraph|access-date=}}
Archana Vijaya, model, video jockey, TV & sports anchor{{cite news|title=Archana's extra innings|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1160531/jsp/t2/story_88431.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603164452/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1160531/jsp/t2/story_88431.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 June 2016|access-date=5 May 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=31 May 2016}}
Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actress
Naman Shaw, TV actor{{cite news|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070312/asp/calcutta/story_7501839.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505135025/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1070312/asp/calcutta/story_7501839.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2018|access-date=5 May 2018|work=www.telegraphindia.com}}
Nicolette Bird, Bollywood actress{{cite news|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Entertainment {{!}} She's a bird|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080906/jsp/entertainment/story_9793537.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914092425/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080906/jsp/entertainment/story_9793537.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2008|access-date=5 May 2018|work=www.telegraphindia.com}}
Ashok Todi, Indian industrialist, head Lux Industries Group