About the Department:
- Introduction
The Department of History was introduced in the year 1962 along with the College. It was first started as a general course with 12 students.Mr. A.K. Chatterjee was the first faculty member of the department. In 1982 with 10 students the Honours course was introduced. At present both Honours and General course are offered. Presently department has sixteachers of which four are in Substantive posts and two are SACT.Two of the teachers are the alumni of the Department. The total number of students in the current session is 499 (79-Honours & 420- General). Apart from the central library of the college, the department has its own Departmental Library which offers books, slides, journals etc. to the students.The departmentorganize educational tours on regular basis to the nearby places of historical importance to create awareness about the of local history. Besides, student’s seminar, class tests, assignments, internal examination, tutorial and remedial classes etc. are the regular feature of the department. In order to guide the outgoing student’s the department also organises career counselling every year.
Ex-students of the Department:
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Sl. No |
Name of the Students |
Session |
Current Status |
|
1 |
Pema T. Bhutia |
2000 |
Assistant Professor in History, Lilawati Mahavidhyalaya, Falakata, Alipudwar, WB |
|
2 |
Sajil John |
2000 |
Assistant Teacher, ITHSE, Kalimpong. |
|
3 |
Hari Adhikari |
2001 |
Assistant Teacher, JHSS, Kalimpong. |
|
4 |
Kamal Khanal |
2001 |
Assistant Professor in History, Kalimpong College, WB |
|
5 |
Satyendra Mishra |
2001 |
Lead CSR, Bhaktivedanta Hospital & Research Institute, Mumbai |
|
6 |
Sisir Poudyal |
2001 |
District Cooperative Education Instructor, WBCSC |
|
7 |
Suman Tamang |
2002 |
Revenue Officer,WBCS |
|
8 |
Karma Bhutia |
2004 |
ICDS Officer, WBCS |
|
9 |
Pema Tsangmu Bhutia |
2005 |
Assistant Professor in History, Pedong Government College, WBES |
|
10 |
Narad Adhikari |
2005 |
Field Officer, Cooperative Service Commission. |
|
11 |
Rajat Tamang |
2008 |
Assistant Professor in History, Derozio Memorial College, Kolkata |
|
12 |
Rongphy Lepcha |
2008 |
Govt. High School, Kalimpong, (WBPSC) |
|
13 |
Changes Jude Sherpa |
2010 |
Revenue Inspector, LLR & RRR, (WBCS) |
|
14 |
Suk Tshering Lepcha |
2012 |
West Bengal Subordinate Education Service (WBSES) |
|
15 |
Arpan Thapa |
2012 |
Assistant Teacher, SUMI, Kalimpong. |
|
16 |
Manika Thapa |
2016 |
SACT, Kalimpong College |
Present Number of students (2021-22):
|
Sl. No. |
Odd Semester(July-December) |
Sl. No. |
Even Semester (January-June) |
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Class |
Course |
Number of Students |
Class |
Course |
Number of Students |
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|
1
|
SEM I
|
CC (Hons) |
33 |
1 |
SEM II |
CC (Hons) |
30 |
|
DSC (Pass) |
119 |
DSC (Pass) |
119 |
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|
GE (Hons) |
44 |
GE (Hons) |
44 |
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|
2 |
SEM III |
CC (Hons) |
24 |
2 |
SEM IV |
CC (Hons) |
24 |
|
DSC (Pass) |
83 |
DSC (Pass) |
83 |
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|
GE (Hons) |
01 |
GE (Hons) |
01 |
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|
3 |
SEM V |
CC (Hons) |
25 |
3 |
SEM VI |
CC (Hons) |
25 |
|
DSE (Pass) |
137 |
DSE (Pass) |
137 |
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|
GE (Pass) |
37 |
GE (pass) |
37 |
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|
Total |
Honours- 82 |
502 |
Total |
Honours- 79 |
499 |
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Pass- 420 |
Pass- 420 |
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