Scottish Church College, Calcutta

The Scottish Church College located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square, Calcutta 700006 is the oldest continuing Missionary administered liberal arts and sciences academy in India. It is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (for the Scottish Church Collegiate School), the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, and the University of Calcutta for the awarding of baccalaureate, post baccalaureate and undergraduate degrees.

Notable Alumni

• Swami Vivekananda, Hindu saint, proponent of Advaita Vedanta school of religious philosophy in the West and founder of the Ramakrishna Mission Order
• Dhan Gopal Mukerji, socio-cultural critic and first successful Indian man of letters in the United States of America
• Brajendra Nath Seal, leading philosopher and thinker of the Brahmo Samaj, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University and later the University of Mysorehttp://search.com.bd/banglapedia/Content/HT/S_0169.HTM
• Sitanath Tattwabhushan,philosopher and theologian of Sadharan Brahmo Samajhttp://www.thebrahmosamaj.org/impact/impact.html
• Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode, thespian
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, President of the Indian National Congress (1938-1939),co-founder of the Indian National Army and Head of State, Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind
• Swami Gambhirananda, president of the Ramakrishna Mission Order http://www.geocities.com/bibhasde/swami.html
• Satischandra Ray, Classical scholar and teacher http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/GreatMasters/Contents/GreatMasters_Contents.htm?f=../Contents/satishroy.htm
• Suniti Kumar Chattopadhyay, internationally renowned linguisthttp://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/C_0149.htm
• Ajitkumar Chakravarty, scholar and teacher of literature, drama and musichttp://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/GreatMasters/Contents/GreatMasters_Contents.htm?f=../Contents/ajitkumarchakraborty.htm
• Sri A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Hindu mystic, Founder, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and The World Relief Network http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/I_0084.htm
• Paramahansa Yogananda, Hindu mystic and Yogi
• Nirad C. Chaudhuri, commentator on culture http://www-stat.stanford.edu/~naras/ncc/vita.html
• Mrinal Sen, film director http://www.filmref.com/journal/archives/2005/08/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/kiosk/rsfinal3/whoswho/alpha_s7.htm
• Badal Sarkar, dramatist
• Sisir Bhaduri, dramatisthttp://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/B_0446.HTM
• Subhas Mukhopadhyay, Bengali poet
• Benoy Chandra Sen, historian , researcher and social scientist
• Sudhindranath Dutta, author and poet http://www.parabaas.com/translation/database/authors/texts/sudhindranathdutta.html
• Gourgopal Ghosh, football player for the Mohun Bagan Club and mathematician http://www.visva-bharati.ac.in/GreatMasters/Contents/GreatMasters_Contents.htm?f=../Contents/gourgopalghosh.htm
• Nirmal Kumar Bose, anthropologist, social scientist and freedom fighter http://nlindia.org/exhib_nirmal.html
• Manoj Mitra, dramatist
• Manna Dey, Bollywood film music exponent
• Suchitra Mitra, Rabindra Sangeet exponent http://www.rabitirtha.org/ourinspiration/contents.htm
• Manomohan Bose, nationalist poet, playwright and journalist http://a-bangladesh.com/HT/B_0590.htm
• Mithun Chakraborty, Bollywood action film herohttp://www.myasia.net/bollywood/profile.asp?xi=159&xp=65&xpt=Actors
• Prafulla Chandra Sen, former Chief Minister, West Bengal
• Richard James Allen, Olympic Gold medallist in Field Hockey
• Leslie Claudius, Olympic Gold medallist Field Hockey
• Purno A. Sangma, former Speaker, Lok Sabha
• Gegong Apang, former Chief Minister, Arunachal Pradesh
• Syed Nurul Hasan, Former Governor, West Bengal
• Bulbul Chowdhury, Bangladeshi performing artist, dancer and writer http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/C_0242.htm
• Dr. Mani Lal Bhowmik, Scientist turned Entrepreneur based in Beverly Hills, California
• Honourable Mr. Amal Kumar Sarkar, former Chief Justice of India http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/aksarkar.htm
• Mr. Justice Amarendra Nath Sen, former Judge, of the Supreme Court of Indiahttp://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/judges/bio/ansen.htm
• Honourable Mr. Anandamoy Bhattacharjee, former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court http://hcbom.mah.nic.in/jab1.html
• Honourable Mr. Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee, Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Member of the International Law Association, and Founder President of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, a Law University at Hyderabadhttp://www.supremecourtcaselaw.com/jus_banerjee.htm
• Banwari Lal Joshi, Lt. Governor of Delhi http://delhigovt.nic.in/ltgov.asp
• Ajit Kumar Panja, Former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha and Ex-Minister of State for External Affairs
• Pankaj Kumar Mallik, music composer
• Satyendra Nath Dutta, Bengali poet
• Premendra Mitra, novelist
• Rudra Prasad Sengupta, famous theatre personality and cultural critic http://www.calonline.com/cal/alaap/rudraprasad.html
• Bani Basu, Bengali fiction writer and prose stylist http://www.bengalonthenet.com/culture/archive/literature/literary_life/bani_basu.shtml
• Tanmoy Bose, internationally renowned tabla exponent
• Bivas Chaudhuri, artist of the abstract art formhttp://www.brooklyn.liu.edu/wn/2003/43.html
• Jagmohan Dalmiya, ex-President of Board of Control for Cricket in India and former chairman of the International Cricket Councilhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/cricket/733289.stmhttp://www.domain-b.com/people/profiles/20040924_jagmohan_dalmiya.html
• Madhav Sharma, Indian born comedian and actor based in the UK http://web.mid-day.com/columns/amit_roy/2004/june/86037.htm

and many others found throughout the globe. Apart from the above, the alumni of Scottish Church College also include famous scientists, academicians, philosophers, litterateurs, artists, administrators, jurists and bureaucrats. The achievements of the students of today

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carry on the legacy of the stalwarts of yesteryears.

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Excerpt from the NAAC Report (see link below): "The very impressive and a very long list of alumni of the college includes the names of Governors, Chief Ministers, Ministers, Vice-Chancellors of some eminent Universities of India, Jurists, Administrators, Ambassadors, Speakers, Educationists, Historians, Scholars, Doctors, Authors, Poets, Dramatists, Novelists, Political Leaders, Religious Leaders, Sports persons, Film personalities, Actors, Singers, Artists etc. etc. "

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