Comilla Victoria Government College
| কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারি কলেজ, কুমিল্লা | |
 Economics Department | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1899 (24 November) |
| Principal | Professor Md. Abdur Rashid |
Academic staff | 125 |
Administrative staff | 220 (Approximately) |
| Students | 29,900(Approximately) |
| Location | Comilla, Bangladesh |
| Campus | Urban |
| Nickname | Victoria |
| Affiliations | Bangladesh National University |
| Website | www.cvgc.edu.bd |
Comilla Victoria Government College (Bengali: কুমিল্লা ভিক্টোরিয়া সরকারি কলেজ) is a college in Comilla, Bangladesh. It is one of the oldest and renowned colleges in Comilla as well as in Chittagong division. The college is located on 29 acres of land including its intermediate and honors section.[1]
History
Prof. Fazlul Karim was the first Muslim teacher of this college in 1937. He later became the Vice Prinncipal of the college in 1958 until his retirement in 1972 when the college was made a government college.
Academics
At present, the college has 15,000 students and 147 teachers, of whom 36 are women.
Freedom fighters
Many students of Comilla Victoria College joined the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971.[2] A memorial has been built inside the campus commemorating the sublime contribution of these freedom fighters.
Housing
Comilla Victoria College has five dormitories: four for boys and one for girls. About 1,000 students reside in these dormitories.
Notable alumni
- Sachin Dev Burman, musician.
- Abdul Awal Mintoo, passed HSC exam from this institute in 1966 in science group.[3]
- Kazi Shamsul Hoque, a journalist, editor of weekly Akhon Samoy, New York City, United States passed B.A. from this college.
- Professor Fazlul Halim Chowdhury (1 August 1930–9 April 1996) was the longest-serving (1976–1983) vice-chancellor of Dhaka University. He passed HSC exam from this college in science in 1947.
- TV presenter Hanif Sanket
- Rural development propagator and Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan was a principal of the college in the 1950s.
- Abdus Suttar Khan, a Bangladeshi Oxford Scholar and aerospace researcher.
- Tapesh Chandra Bose (born. 1928 - died. 1985), S/O. Late Satish Chandra Bose,of( Bikrampur, Dacca )Ex- Finance Officer, PWD, Govt. Of Tripura, Vice president Of Biredra Club Agartala, Life Member Tripura Football association, Agartala, Tripura, present residence now at Dimsagar, Kunjaban Road, Agartala, Tripura & Inda Girls School Road, Inda, Kharagpur, Dist. Midnapore, West Bengal was a student of Victoria College, Comilla, Bangladesh he was a Student of Economics and passed out from this college with highest distinction.
- Sachindra Lal Singh - 1st Chief Minister of Tripura state .[4]
References
- ↑ "Glorious 110 years of Comilla Victoria College". The Daily Star. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ↑ Bhuiyan, Golam Kibria (2012). "Comilla Victoria College". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ↑ Personal page
- ↑ http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2601.htm
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