Vivekananda College For Women, situated in Kolkata is affiliated with the University of Calcutta, Kolkata. The college offers 25 courses across 5 streams namely, Arts, Education, Science, Commerce and Banking, Performing Arts. The 25 courses are offered at the UG and PG level. Students may also enrol themselves for M. Phil and Ph. D programs that encourage work on research projects under the mentorship of PhD-qualified guides. Admission to the college is mainly merit-based except for the MA program. The 40% MA seats are filled in by the students qualifying for the college entrance exam.

Vivekananda College for Women Highlights

A brief of the college and the various courses offered is given below:

Vivekananda College For Women Highlights

Vivekananda College for Women has various undergraduate as well as postgraduate courses for its students. The details of the various courses offered at Vivekananda College for Women is given below:

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Vivekananda College for Women offers General UG courses under Science, Arts & Humanities, Education, and Commerce Department while Honours Degree is provided to specific disciplines of Arts & Humanities and Science Department. It offers PG and Ph.D. under Arts Department only in specific disciplines.

• Admission to UG courses are given on the Merit Basis.
• Candidates seeking admission at UG level must pass the Higher Secondary or 10+2 pattern in any stream from recognized Board or University/Institute with 50% aggregate.
• For B.Sc. course candidates must have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, and Maths/Biology as the main subject from a recognized Board or University/Institute with 50% aggregate.
• Admission to the PG courses are given on the bassis of score in the Entrance Examination (Pre-MA) followed by the counselling conducted by the Calcutta University.
• Candidates seeking admission at PG level for MA course must have Regular/Honours Bachelor’s Degree with 10+2+3 Pattern from recognized university.
• BA (Honours) from IGNOU/NSOU and Distance education from universities in West Bengal is also recognized for admission to MA.
• Candidates seeking admission for a Research Program must have a valid MA/M.Sc. degree.
• Admission to the Research program is on the basis of Written Test followed by Interview along with the Research Proposal.
• Candidate with UGC/ CSIR/ JRF (NET)/ SET/ SLET/ GATE or DST (Inspire) Scholarship or Teacher Fellowship holders and M.Phil/ M.Tech./ MD/ ME/ M.Pharm. Degree from a recognized university is exempted from the Written Test.

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Vivekananda College for Women Placements

Vivekananda College for Women has tie-ups with employment agencies that select students from the campus and send them to placement interviews. These employment agencies (EMCONS, ABP Career Cell, etc) have a very high reach and help the students selected from campus to get placed in large organizations.

Some meritorious students also get placed in major industry giants such as IBM.

The placement cell of Vivekananda College for Women organizes free training courses such as Advanced Excel and Tally ERP towards helping students to get gainful employment. They also hold constant career counseling free of cost.

Apart from this, the placement cell of Vivekananda College for Women is constantly working on general qualitative development of the students through organizing regular compulsory Communicative English and General Intelligence classes for all students. These courses are run throughout the year and are a necessary part of the curriculum at Vivekananda College for Women.

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Vivekananda College For Women Facilities

• Gym: The college has a small gymnasium equipped with advanced equipment like an automatic walker machine, a twister, and standing exercise bike is erected adjacent to the Games Room.
• Medical: Regular medical checkups are done by registered medical practitioners who visit the campus from time to time. First aid and basic medicinal support are always provided to students and staff in cases of emergencies. In certain extraordinary cases, the college helps in the treatment of chronic diseases.
• Not only physical illnesses are treated, trained registered psychologists to counsel the students as well as staff to get out of mental stress, depression, and trauma.
• All the support that is provided to its students are free of cost
• Library: The college library is very spacious and spread over a total of 2000 sq. ft. It has 2 reading rooms and a total seating capacity of a total of 48 students at a time. Students also have access to over 30000 books
• Common room: There is a spacious common room for leisure activities and indoor as well as board games. It serves as a hangout spot for the students
• Sports: Vivekananda College for Women has facilities of indoor as well as outdoor games. There is a large and spacious game room for students to play games such as table tennis ( for which regular training sessions are held ), Chinese checkers, carom, ludo, etc. The outdoor gaming infrastructure is also taken care of. For games like football, cricket, the student’s practice in the grounds of the University of Calcutta. The College also has a great cricket and a table tennis team
• Infrastructure: Vivekananda College for Women has a computer training center which started in January 2002. The aims of this training center was to make students computer literate at nominal rates and enable learning of the students so that they can compete with their peers
• Cafeteria: The college canteen offers food to students catering to vegetarian as well as nonvegetarian preferences at subsidized rates so students can afford them.
• Auditorium: The college auditorium is quite small as the seating capacity of the auditorium is merely a hundred and fifty. However, it is well equipped with air-conditioning, screen, sound system, make-up room, and toilet facility, etc. It is ideal for holding seminars and training sessions
• The faculty of the college is highly qualified with Master’s and Doctoral degrees in their relevant fields. The faculty members are working at the posts of Associate and Assistant Professors. The college has maintained good relations with its alumni and had a strong networking among the alumni association. They also constantly come back for providing training sessions
• Laboratories: The college has a departmental based laboratories for the students well equipped with modern teaching aids for the convenience of the students
• Convenience Store : The store is the go-to place for all the I stationery requirements of the students of the college
• Parking Facility: The college has a cycle stand that can accommodate nearly 20 cycles and two-wheelers at any point

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Vivekananda College for Women Placements

Vivekananda College for Women has tie-ups with employment agencies that select students from the campus and send them to placement interviews. These employment agencies (EMCONS, ABP Career Cell, etc) have a very high reach and help the students selected from campus to get placed in large organizations.

Some meritorious students also get placed in major industry giants such as IBM.

The placement cell of Vivekananda College for Women organizes free training courses such as Advanced Excel and Tally ERP towards helping students to get gainful employment. They also hold constant career counseling free of cost.

Apart from this, the placement cell of Vivekananda College for Women is constantly working on general qualitative development of the students through organizing regular compulsory Communicative English and General Intelligence classes for all students. These courses are run throughout the year and are a necessary part of the curriculum at Vivekananda College for Women.