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| Hostel |
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The Victoria Institution (College) Hostel is situated within the college campus and is under strict supervision of a Lady Resident Superintendent, The Hostel can provide accommodation to around 74 students on fulfilment of certain norms and criteria.
Candidates desiring accommodation must apply in prescribed form. No other application will be entertained. During admission in the hostel preference will be given mainly to criteria like (a) result, (b) distance of the home town and (c) any other as recommended by the Hostel Committee.
Enclosure required with Hostel Application Form ; |
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Attested photocopy of mark sheet. |
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Attested photocopy of Scheduled Caste Certificate (if any), |
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Medical fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner, |
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Monthly income certificate of the parents/legal guardian, |
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Distance and accessibility of home town. |
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| Library |
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The Victoria Institution (College) Library has two wings — Central Library for the Day Section & Library for the Morning Section. The two together have a collection of over 30,000 books & periodicals (some of which are rare). The Library provides reading room facilities and borrowing facilities to the students and the staff (subject of Library Rules). Both the Libraries have Book Banks from where text books are issued on long term basis to the economically disadvantaged students. This Book Bank facility is brought to the knowledge of the students by sending circulars to the class room and displaying them on the notice board. There are seminar Libraries in all the Departments for ready reference and use of the students under the supervision of the teachers.
The computerization of the Library data is under progress. Once the library is computerized it will be in a position to provide more facilities to the students and the staff. Internet service is available. |
| Museum |
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| The Zoology Department has a good museum where well-preserved specimen, models of human organs and various types of chart are kept. The Museum of the History Department has a good collection of replica of coins, art objects, sculptures and paintings of different ages and styles. |
| Auditorium |
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| The college has a spacious auditorium known as the Keshub Memorial Hall where cultural programmes, seminars, workshops and competitions are held regularly. |
| Laboratories |
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| The Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Psychology and Geography have their own well equipped laboratories. The Department of Mathematics provides students with computer facilities for numerical, statistical and computer lab work. Dept of Journalism, Commerce, Tourism and Travel Management and Communicative English have computer lab. |
| Students' Canteen & Cheap Store |
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| There is a canteen which provides students with simple snacks at affordable price. In the cheapstore students get educational stationeries, photocopying, PCO and STD facilities. |
| Universal Membership of students Health Home |
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Students Health Home is one of the Pioneer Health Organizations in W. B. catering to all the health need of the students since 1952. Health movement of this organization has expanded its base all over West Bengal. At present it has 64 Regional Centres as well as a multi facility Central Polyclinic with a 65 bedded hospital at Moulali (Sealdah) for indoor treatment. Victoria Institution (College) has long been a Universal Member of Student Health Home for which it collects an annual fee of Rs. 5/- (Rupees five) only from each student and the students get almost all their medical treatment from this organization at a very nominal cost. Presently our Institution is under the judisdiction of Central Kolkata Regional Centre of students Health Home, which operates from its Moulali centre. The out door clinic remains open from 12 to 2 P.M. from Monday to Saturday.
Arrangements have been made to introduce Students Safety Policy with the help of the New India Assurance Company Ltd. |
| Students' Common Room |
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| The Students' Common Room is provided with indoor games and daily news papers — English & Bengali — and is meant for the use of the students during their leisure periods. |
| Students' Union |
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| Victoria Institution College Students' Union (a statutory body) is a democratically elected students' forum which always stands by the side of the students in their need and helps them to articulate their demands related with their life in the campus. It organizes Annual Social, Freshers' Welcome Programme, celebrates Teachers' Day and Annual Sports with much eclat. It organizes Blood Donation Camp. On important national and international issues relating with Human Rights, Global Environment and the like, the Students' Union voices the conscious opinion of the students. |
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| The Victoria Institution (College) has a Unit of the National Service Scheme which engages student volunteers in different community development programmes in the neighbouring area of the College. |
| Clubs and Cells
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| The Victoria Institution (College) encourages its students to join various clubs and to participate in extra-academic activities, which, it believes, would make them complete persons. In the campus, there are Debate Club, Literary Club, Music and Dance Club, Nature Club, Sports Club, Drama Club, Community Development Club and Internet Club. There are also a few cells through which the College attempts to offer services to the students. These are Grievance Cell, Cell for Academic, Personal and Career Counselling & Cell for Health and Hygiene. |
| Reunion & Alumni Association |
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Reunion of ex-students of the Institution is held from time-to-time by the Victoria Institution Alumni Association. The College always tries to keep close liaison with the old students of the Institution and involve them in various projects it undertakes.
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| Students' Aid Fund |
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There is a special Student's Aid Fund which extends financial help to the students with financial constraints to enable them to purchase books and educational aids, meet College Fees, University Examination Fees and other necessary expenses.
There is a Medical Aid Fund for staff created with the donation made by Ex-Prof. Dr. Gita Roy and Dr. Nandini Das. |
| Stipends and Free-Studentships |
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| Stipends are awarded by the Director of Public Instruction, West Bengal, to the needy and deserving students on the recommendation of the Principal.There is a provision for awarding full/half Free Studentship by the College, subject to the rules and conditions, to the economically disadvantaged students. |
| Scholarships and Prizes |
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| Scholarships and Prizes are given to the students of the college for academic excellence and to the meritorious but economically disadvantaged students from the following Funds : |
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Endowment Funds for Scholarships And Prizes created from donation made by Sm. Nilima Datta, Ex-Prof., Deptt. of Zoology, Sm. Sukla Sen, Ex-Prof. Deptt. of Sanskrit, the family of Late Dr. Dipali Datta, Ex-Reader Deptt. of Chemistry for needy and meritorious students pursuing Zoology Honours Course, Sanskrit Honours Course and B.Sc. General Course with Chemistry respectively. |
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Funds for Prize created from donation made by the family of the late Prof. Ratna Sen (Dept. of Philosophy) and the family of the late Dr. Samita Ghosh (Dept. of English) for the highest scorer in Philosophy (Hons.) and English (Hons.) respectively in B.A. Examination. |
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The teachers and ex-teachers of the College declare many prizes for the rankers in the various faculties in University Examination. |
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Moulana Azad Education Fundation offers scholarships to the needy and talented students. |
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| Special Facilities for Physically Challenged Students |
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The Institution helps a few blind students to pursue their studies in the college. All kind of help is extended in terms of books, loans and free studentship, concession in hostel charges, etc. We also make conscious effort to accommodate visually and physically challenged students in the hostel if required. Such students are requested to contact the office further details.
FUTURE HOPE, a NGO and the Directorate of Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal along with Victoria Institution (College) are sponsoring for education of Sm. Padma Sarkar, a blind orphan and a student of the College.
Deepannita Braille Institute — a Voluntary Organization and Satyendra Nath Bose National Center for Basic Sciences give braille books to the blind students of our college. |
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