Calcutta University Web OPAC

I have heard a lot about the University of Calcutta and planning to pursue higher studies from here searching for details. Will you please provide me image how the Calcutta University Web OPAC portal looks like and also provide details about list of initiatives by this university?

[Arvind Kumar]

The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University or CU) is a collegiate public state university located in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India established on 24 January 1857

Calcutta University Web OPAC portal looks like:




Some of the notable initiatives associated with the university are:

The first university located to the east of Suez to teach European classics, English literature, European and Indian philosophy and Occidental and Oriental history.

The first medical school of Asia, the Calcutta Medical College, was established in 1835. In 1857 it got affiliated to the university.

The first college for women in India, the Bethune College, was established in 1879.

The nation's first homeopathy college was established in 1880.

The science college was established in 1917, the first in India.

The first school for blind people in India was established in 1925.

The first university museum in India, The Ashutosh Museum, was established in 1937.
The Government Arts College was established in 1951

Contact:

University of Calcutta
JD-2, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700098, West Bengal, INDIA
Phone: +91 33 2335 0067
FAX: +91 33 2335 1063