Asutosh College, for a century has been a cardinal institute in West Bengal that has been imparting quality education to its students to prepare them to be responsible and serviceable members of the society. The college is affiliated under the University of Calcutta and has a rich heritage that contributes to its own culture. The College was built up in the year 1916 under the pioneer leadership of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, the famous mathematician, educationist and the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. After the demise of the great leader, in 1924, the college was renamed after him as a tribute to his legacy and his visionary ideas that still shape the students at The Asutosh College.
The College has well furnished classrooms with all modern facilities and comfortable seats.
The college has well-equipped computer lab with broadband Internet connectivity and a host of other required software. There are more than 100 modern computers in the labs that facilitate in learning IT and also undertake research and data processing.
The college has a well-stocked library with more than 90,000 volumes, and reading room facilities. The Reading room has a capacity to accommodate more than a hundred readers at a time.
Asutosh college is the only college in South Kolkata which has hostel facilities. It has two hostels for boys located at Basanta Bose Road and Kalighat Road. However, the available seats are insufficient to meet the needs of all intending boarders. Seats are allotted transparently on a strict merit-cum-distance basis.
After the lapse of more than a decade, the college has reactivated its National Social Service (NSS) Unit. This will help integrate college education with the needs of its social environment. The NCC Unit will also be reactive soon.
The mail id for placement cell is: placement@asutoshcollege.in The College has a Job Placement Cell that organizes campus interviews to facilitate job proposals for the final year students. Dr. Abhik Kundu, Dr. Dhiman Dutta and Smt. Rupa Bhattacharya steer this placement cell. Its goal is to provide employment opportunities to every willing student on completion his/her acadamic cariculum. Significant progress has been made in this regard. Reputed Indian and Multinational companies have visited the campus and selected a large number of students for recruitment and have been placed as Program-Trainees, Process-Executives etc.
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