Berhampore Girl's College
Naac Accredited Govt Sponsored

Extra Curricular

Library Facilities : The Amiya Granthagar the main library of the college is situated in the southern wing. Covering an area of 5670 sq. ft. the library has in its stock 30,123 useful books and a wide number of journals and encyclopedia.  Books are issued twice a week to Honours students and once a week to General Students for a fourteen days. There are seminar libraries of 8 subjects - Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Philosophy, Political Science, Sociology, Physics and Chemistry.

* No of books that can be issued to each student at a time from the Amiya Granthagar are:

1st Year : Honours - 1
General - 1
2nd Year : Honours - 2
General - 1
3rd Year : Honours - 2
General - 1

Librarian : Kakali Sahoo
Reading-room Assistants : Smt. Sarbani Majumdar & Sri Asit Kumar Mondal

Hostel Facilities : The college offers hostel facilities to its out-station students. There are two hostel buildings, the Old Hostel is situated near the Barracks Square, the New Hostel is situated adjacent to the Staff-Quarters in the southern end of the college campus.

Contact Address and Telephone Numbers:
   Berhampore Girls' College Old Hostel
   (Near Barracks Square)
   Berhampore, Murshidabad,
   West Bengal.
   Tel. Ph. 03482 261299
   Superintendent: Mrs Tiya Hazra

   Berhampore Girls' College New Hostel
   (College Campus, Adjacent to Staff Quarters)
   Berhampore, Murshidabad,
   West Bengal.
   Tel. Ph. 03482 255749
   Superintendent: Mrs Keya Ghatak

Admission Procedure to Hostel :
   Hostel admission form is distributed to all students with the application forms. They are to be submitted for consideration on the Sunday just preceding the beginning of the new first year session.
   Freshers are admitted initially in the Old Hostel, which accommodates 172 students from all three years. Students are initially admitted to the Old Hostel according to a merit list of their Higher Secondary marks, and later 64 students of the final year are transferred to the New Hostel, whenever there is vacancy in the New Hostel following the same merit list. No direct admission is made to the New Hostel.

Hostel Norms : Students staying in the college hostels are expected to abide by the rules of the hostels and be under the charge of the hostel superintendents. Students are expected to submit names of their expected guests to the hostel. Two guests and two local guardians will be allowed to visit the students during the visiting hours, which are Wednesdays (4 p.m. to Evening Prayer Time) and Sundays (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) every week. The boarders can enjoy the Sundays as outing day but they have to return to the hostel by 5:00 p.m. in summer and 4:30 p.m. in winter. Students will be allowed out for private tuition on Sundays (and holidays) from 10:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
   It is mandatory that each boarder attends the Evening Prayer and responds to the attendance roll call taken by the Hostel Superintendent.
* Note : No heater, stove or mobile phones are allowed in the hostel.
The Hostels offer library facility to its boarders. The libraries in both the hostels are maintained by the boarders. The boarders can also enjoy annual educational tours and cultural programmes.

Hostel Charges :
   Fees paid at the time of admission :

Admission charges    : Rs. 100.00
Caution Deposit      : Rs. 15.00
Medical Fee          : Rs. 5.00
Establishment Charge : Rs. 1,800.00 p. a. (Rs. 150/ per month * 12)

Computer Facilities : The present times make an acquaintance with computers an imperative. Keeping this in mind the college has formed a computer centre to train interested students. The centre was opened in 1995 with due permission from the University of Calcutta (to which the college was affiliated to till 1998). The aim of Berhampore Girls' College Computer Centre is to give maximum exposure to the students in the field of computers at a basic level. It offers courses that would prove beneficial to students in their careers.

LONG TERM COURSE

COURSE NAME DURATION ELIGIBILITY AMOUNT
Diploma in Computer Application 1 Year Madhyamik Rs.1800/-

SHORT TERM COURSE

Fundamental, Windows 2 Months Madhyamik Rs.400/-
Basic 2 Months Madhyamik Rs.400/-
FORTRAN 6 Months Madhyamik Rs.900/-
FOXPRO 2 Months Madhyamik Rs.500/-
WINDOWS & MS OFFICE 4 Months Madhyamik Rs.1000/-
Corel Draw 2 Months Madhyamik Rs.500/-
Photo Shop 2 Months Madhyamik Rs.500/-
C 2 Months Madhyamik Rs.500/-
Concept of Internet Web Page Design (HTML) 3 Months Madhyamik Rs.750/-

Course Co-ordinator : Sri. Sagar Kumar Dutta
Instructor : Sri Sanjib Das

NB : For more information contact the Principal or the department of computer science of Berhampore Girls' College.