Kalyani, West Bengal

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article or section does not cite its references or sources.
You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.

Kalyani
Kalyani
State - District(s)	West Bengal - Nadia
Coordinates	22.98° N 88.48° E
Area - Elevation	- 11 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	81,984 -

Kalyani is a city and a municipality in Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a planned town and an important centre of education. It can be considered a 'university town' with two universities and many colleges. It is a small and quiet town. However, there are many refugees from Bangladesh living in makeshift structures in the town. The Kalyani Municipality has got the best municipality award in 2004 along with the Durgapur Municipality of Burdwan district and Ingrejbajar Municipality of Malda district.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 Geography
3 Economy
4 Demographics
5 Education
- 5.1 University of Kalyani
- 5.2 Kalyani Government Engineering College
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] History

Kalyani is a relatively young town. During the Second World War, Kalyani, was the site of a military airbase. Hangars and other reminders of the air-field are still visible in the 'A' Block and some areas around Kalyani University, whose buildings were built on or over the runways, thereby thorughly destroying a very valuable asset.

In 1950 this town was built in a short time in order to host the National Congress meeting. This planned town owes its existence and development to the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dr.Bidhan Chandra Roy. Kalyani is often referred to as his daughter.

[edit] Geography

Kalyani is located at 22.98° N 88.48° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet).

The town itself is physically divided into 4 blocks: Block A: Partly residential, with large tracts of open unused land some of which cannot be accesssed Block B: Development in Kalyani started from here. Residential as well as mixed use patterns remains. Also houses the Central Park, Kalyani Main Post Office, Kalyani Town Club, Industrial Training Institute and the Public Library Block C: Institutional use in this block. Largely occupied by the Kalyani University. Block D: Fully Industrial zone but only partly occupied

At first glance, its a place you will fall in love with, but as you dig deeper, you realise that there are many economic and social problems that plague this beautiful town.

Kalyani, is perhaps the best managed town in the whole of Nadia district. With its underground drainage systems, well built tree lined avenues and lush green parks, it certainly emerges as a clean and green town. It has a big stadium conducting both football and cricket match. There are four railway stations here- Kalyani, Kalyani Silpanchal, Kalyani Ghoshpara and Kalyani Simanta. This is the only industrial township in Nadia district.

The serene beauty of Kalyani simply enthralls the mind and soul. Far from the hustle and bustle of big cities and yet providing all the amenities of life, Kalyani has very quickly registered itself as a self-sufficient township. Its gradual development continued as a notified area. After 1996 it was upgraded to a municipality.

[edit] Economy

Despite many efforts from the Government and its associated bodies, kalyani still remains below its neighbouring towns in terms of econmic strengths and growth. The reasons for this could be: 1) lack of addressal of basic issues of housing and social infrastructure 2) public funds having failed to attract further private funding and projects 3) lack of entrepreneurship 4) relocation of human resources and talent pool to other places like Kolkata If these issues are addressed right now, large developers still see a chance on this piece of land called Kalyani. ^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Kalyani had a population of 81,984. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kalyani has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 65%. In Kalyani, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age. The average household size of Kalyani is 4.61 approximately The sex ratio of Kalyani is 926 Percentage of main workers out of total population is 29%

Kalyani residents are a varied lot. Doctors, teachers, education, management and engineering professionals are all represented in large numbers. Government officers, Army personnel and other service professionals find Kalyani an attractive town to make their homes. A number of distinguished personalities stay here too.

[edit] Education

The chain of Kalyani Central Model Schools i.e. i) Kalyani Central Model School, ii) Barrackpore Central Model School, iii) Kalyani Public School iv) Mother International School, (Salt Lake) is well-known.

Kalyani has two universities. One is Kalyani University, and other one is Bidhan Chandra University Of Agriculture. It is also the proposed site for West Bengal University of Technology, popularly known as WBUT. The new S.K. Acharya Institute of Law has begun functioning in the campus of Kalyani University. JIS Engg. College is another addition to the education environment in Kalyani. The State Govt. has announced plans to develop Kalyani as a Knowledge City. ^{[citation needed]}

This town has several good schools. Among Bengali medium schools are Kalyani University Experimental High School, Pannalal Institution and Bidhan Memorial Girls High School. Kalyani Central Model School, Springdales School and Julien Day School are the best known among the English medium ones.

[edit] University of Kalyani

University Logo

University of Kalyani [1]was established on November 1,1960. With 400 acres of campus it has got a three star accrediation from 'NAAC'. This university is providing accademic guidance and leadership to 37 affiliated colleges (16 in Nadia, 20 in Murshidabad and 1 in North 24 Parganas). There are 217 teachers assisting 2,000 post graduate and PhD students. It has facultries of 1.Science 2.Arts and Commerce 3.Education 4.Engg. Tech and Management 5. Law 6. Music and Fine arts. The total number of accademic departments is 25. Prof (Dr.) Arabinda Das is the Vice Chancellor of this University.

[edit] Kalyani Government Engineering College

Kalyani Government Engineering College[2], established in 1995, has been ranked 3rd best among engineering colleges in West Bengal.^{[citation needed]} Its computer science, electronics, and mechanical engineering departments are accrediated by NBA. TCS has accrediated this college as "A" level which is a benchmark of accademic excellence. In the last few years after its establishment most of its alumni spread over world's top MNCs, like Intel, STMicroelectronics, Motorola, Texas Instruments, INTERRA SYSTEMS to name a few and Indian companies and public sector units like Infosys, TCS, Wipro, Satyam, HCL, Tech Mahindra, CTS, Mahindra & Mahindra, Paharpur Cooling Towers, BHEL, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, VECC, DPCL, BSNL, ISRO, HPCL, ONGC,IOC, DRDO, Reliance to name a few. Besides this some students of this college are also in some prestigeous institutes like IITs, IIMs, University of British Columbia, Massachusets Institute of Technology, Frankfurt University, Indian Institute of Science, ISI and many more for higher studies. Prof(Dr) D.S. Mukherjee is the principal of this college. In August, 2006, this college signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with India's bigest software company TCS for academic development of students, faculty members and staff.