Calcutta University Chemical Engineering Alumni Association

The University of Calcutta is the first of its kind in colonial India established on 24 January in the Year 1857. Studies in Arts and Science subjects were the priorities during the very beginning of the University education. Considering the necessity, a separate campus of the University was established by the name of University College of Science and the foundation stone was laid down by the great visionary Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice-Chancellor, on 27th March 1914 at 92, Upper Circular Road (Now Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road). At the begining, the University College of Science at 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata (now renamed as Rashbehari Siksha Prangan) undertook the program of teaching the subjects of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics (Prior to that, the post-graduate classes had been conducted at Presidency College). The newly-established University College of Science was supported in terms of knowledge and financial contributions generously by the great philanthropists and nationalists of that time. The institute, in turn, took a vital role in the spreading of science education and research throughout the subcontinent. Within a time span of 6 years, in 1920, it became the pioneering institute in introducing post-graduate studies in Applied Science. The post graduate studies in Applied Science, in the Department of Chemistry within the Campus, was started in 1920 with a munificent donation received from Sir Rashbehari Ghosh. That was the time when introduction of Applied Science in the curriculum of post graduate studies was started in Indian Universities.