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About Kalna College
Kalna College under the University of Burdwan is a prominent Government-aided Degree College of Purba Bardhaman district. It started its journey in the year 1943. The Institution earned its affiliation from the University as well as recognized by the UGC and also considered eligible to receive central assistance through UGC u/s 12(B). The college has earned for itself the reputation of being a premiere institution in the state of West Bengal since inception. The teachers bear countless responsibility of their students’ physical, psychological and emotional development. The motto of this institution is to empower the students and teachers with professional and social competencies to compete with the challenging world. Through its various activities the college aspires to provide an environmental assistance to its students and teachers to make them realize their full potential, to enable them to play their roles effectively in the society in which they live in.
About Kalna College Library
Library is the nerve centre of any educational institution. It is a source of learning for higher education and expansion of knowledge. It is an essential pre-requisite for successful implementation of quality higher education programmes in colleges. Kalna College Library starts functioning a few years later the inception of the college. It is situated in the first floor of the Central Block of the college. The library has a collection of nearly 40,000 books, 10 journal titles and a number of magazines at present. This library is a member of N-LIST (a project funded by the MHRD through INFLIBNET) which provides electronic access to a huge number of journals and e-books. A separate reading room with seating capacity of 60 students at a time and also with scope of internet surfing and a separate Career Counseling Corner with books and magazines related to employment inspire the students of this college to be library centric. The library provides its services to all the teachers, staff and students through WebOPAC system.
Kalna College Library aims to provide information support to the teaching-learning and research activity of the college and to ensure the optimum utilization of the available resources.