Vidyasagar College (VC), Kolkata Campus Facilities - Hostel Fees, Infrastructure, Address

The college understands the need of good infrastructure to support the institutional processes. There are financial challenges in the college which are being addressed as much as possible.

ICT is promoted among faculties and they are using this method for teaching in the classes. The library also has subscribed to INFLIBNET which has a large collection of e-journals that can be used by the faculties and students for academic and research purposes.

The NSS Unit of Vidyasagar Evening College started operating from 2008 and has gone from strength to strength with every passing year. Regular activities through out the year comprised of College safai programmes, Poster competition on Environmental awareness, Power point presentation on Environmental pollution, Visits to adopted slum, Blood Donation camp, Thalassemia awareness camp, Free Thalassemia test for students organized jointly with NRS Hospital. Volunteers and teachers participated in rallies and programmes to observe the World Aids’s Day and World Environment Day. Moreover the college N.S.S unit has also participated in anti-drug programmes and other seminars on social issues organized by the University of Calcutta. Volunteers have also bagged prizes for quiz and other programmes in similar events. Cultural competitions were also organized by the college unit in order to select volunteers for the Delhi Commonwealth Games, 2010.

The Programme Officer and students of the N.S.S unit of Vidyasagar Evening College have represented the University of Calcutta at National level N.S.S programmes and Youth Festivals in Gurgaon, Bhubaneshwar, Shimla and Rajasthan.

Special camps have been organized by the NSS unit of Vidyasagar Evening College at 19/1 Bechu Chatterjee St. slum. The NSS unit with the help of the local people selected the portico of a local temple, Shyamsundartala, as the venue for the seven day extensive programme. The nature of the activities to be held at the camp was decided by the survey reports of the adopted slum by NSS volunteers. Doctors, teachers, and researchers addressed the slum dwellers on various issues from population control, aids awareness, infectious diseases, health and hygiene. Competitions were held for the children and women. Free medical check ups were organized where physiotherapists, pediatricians, gynecologists, general physicians attended to the slum dwellers. Free medicines were distributed by an NGO ‘Banchbo’ at the health camp.

Film shows were organized for children. All participants from the slum were given prizes and goodies to enhance their interest and encourage their support.

The College Unit was appreciated for its programmes in the feild of Social welfare. In 2010, the Unit which was working for only three years was given the recognition of the BEST NSS UNIT amongst all the Units of the CU affiliated Colleges. III rd year Bengali Honours student, Chiranjit Samanta won the Best Volunteer Award, thus proving that we had realized the principal ideal of the organization inherent in Swamiji's philosophy of "Not me but You" in substantial measure.

Thus the students of the College have made the NSS programmes a success through their selfless service and dedicated involvement. We hope to see our NSS Unit flourish and attain new heights of excellence in the sphere of community service in the future.