Krishnagar Government College is an old-age institution that has served society for more than 178 years. A dedicated effort to maintain academic excellence despite many constraints makes this institution distinct from all other colleges in the district.
This institution has a repute in the local community for its academic excellence, which is reflected in a large number of applicants during the admission process every year. There is a huge craving for admission among the students with high marks in the 10+2 level.
This college has a very rich library with a very large number of books. All the departments also run their seminar libraries. The central library, enriched with very old as well as modern books and journals, is an asset to this institution. Teachers always encourage the students to borrow reference books from libraries to gain in-depth knowledge of their subjects.
Being a government college, transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff happens periodically and some academic departments and the college office run with extreme staff shortages, but quality of education never gets compromised. Despite the insufficiency of financial support to build proper infrastructure facilities to meet the demand of the syllabi, committed faculty members strive to compensate for these limitations. At the end of the day, students pass out with flying colours and often secure positions in university toppers. In 2018, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rank holders in B.Sc. Chemistry Honours of Kalyani University were from this institution. In 2020, Nabarun Poddar achieved the highest marks at the undergraduate level in Physics, securing the first rank at the university, and he is presently working at ISRO.
Students of this institution often qualify in the national level entrance tests for admission to MA / M.Sc. After graduating from this college in 2020, Sumanta Basak, Joydeb Mondal, Kishor Das, Sayan Kumar Biswas, and Biswajit Biswas (chemistry department), Pubali Pal (physics department) have cleared JAM and completed their M.Sc. from different IITs. Soumalya Debnath, Suman Das, and Suranjan Ghosh (2021 pass out from the chemistry department) have completed their M.Sc. from IISER Kolkata, IACS, Kolkata, and IIT Kharagpur, respectively. Giriraj Ghosh(2021), Rajdeep Kundu, and Urmila Debnath (2022), after graduating from the mathematics department, have completed master's degrees from IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Madras, and IIT Kanpur, respectively. Swarnab Dutta, a 2023 pass out from the chemistry department, secured the 42nd position in JAM and is now pursuing his master's degree from IIT Bombay. After completing their M.Sc. from the postgraduate department of Geography, Debabrata Ghosh, Puja Ghosh, Srabani Ghosh, Tanisha Mondal (2018 pass out); Ria Adhikary, Paramita Sarkar, Puja Sarkar (2022 pass out) has qualified UGC NET. After graduating from the geography department, many students have completed their Master's degree from different central universities. Aloke Saha, a zoology graduate ((2020) of this college, completed his master's from Kalyani University and stood 1st class 1st in M.Sc. Every year, students from various departments are selected for master’s degrees in different nationally renowned institutions. We can’t include everyone’s name here due to word limitation.
Students of this institution are engaged in research work in different reputed institutions worldwide. Sayan Kangsa Banik, a 2019 pass-out from the chemistry department, is now working on femtosecond spectroscopy at the prestigious Max Planck Institute in Germany. Simpa Biswas and Swasrita Kundu, chemistry graduates of the same batch, are now PhD students in IISC, Bangalore, and IISER, Bhopal, respectively. Tanima Chanda (2019 physics) is pursuing PhD from IISC, Bangalore. Nabarun Poddar, a 2020 pass-out from the physics department, is now doing his PhD at the Space Physics Laboratory, ISRO, Government of India. Supratim Haldar and Soumit Roy, physics graduates of the same batch, are now pursuing PhD from IIT Dhanbad and IIT Hyderabad, respectively. Sumanta Basak, Kishor Das, and Sayan Kumar Biswas (2020 chemistry graduates) are now pursuing their PhD from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA; University of Alberta, Canada; Georgetown University, Washington DC, respectively. Giriraj Ghosh (2021, mathematics) and Soumalya Debnath (2021, chemistry) are pursuing PhD from IIT Kharagpur and IISER, Kolkata. The success of these students undoubtedly showcases the academic excellence of this institution.
The academic endeavour of the faculty members of this college is remarkable and reflected in the massive number of research publications in international journals. Dr. Kalidas Das, Associate professor of mathematics at this college, is included in the list of the world’s top 2 percent most cited scientists according to an assessment recently published by Standford University, USA. Many faculty members are actively engaged in research work. Dr. Sutapa Sanyal, Dr. Himani Biswas of the zoology department, and Dr. Debajyoti Saha of the chemistry department have completed major research projects funded by DST. Dr. Sujit Ghosh (Mathematics Department), Dr. Moumita Mandal (Sanskrit Department), Dr. Ivy Kundu, and Dr. Sumana Das (Zoology Department) have completed minor research projects funded by UGC. A few teachers, namely Dr. Kalidas Das of the Mathematics department, Dr. Ritankar Mukherjee of the Bengali department, Dr. Himani Biswas of the Zoology department, and Dr. Subhadip Nath of the Physics department work in collaboration with other institutions and act as Ph.D supervisors. Such enlightened faculty members ensure quality education for the students and encourage them to pursue higher education in their respective subjects.
This college has also won many recognitions for providing quality education to present-day students. In June 2018, the news channel Zee 24 Ghanta conferred the Education Excellence Award to Krishnagar Government College for establishing high standards in quality of education. Honourable Higher Education Minister handed over the award to the Officer-in-Charge of the college at a grand ceremony at Nazrul Mancha. Kalyani University also conferred a certificate of appreciation as the best-performing college in the Nadia zone.
To conclude, it can be said that despite the crunch in funds, staff shortage, and lack of infrastructural support, Krishnagar Government College has successfully upheld value-based quality education. This college is the first choice for many students of Nadia district who want to pursue higher education after completing school. This college has remained the centre of excellence for higher education in the district for many years, and this is the distinctiveness of this college.