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News18
18 hours ago
- Business
- News18
State-run Behala College in Kolkata gets autonomous tag
Agency: Kolkata, Jul 30 (PTI) State-run Behala College, affiliated with the University of Calcutta, has been granted autonomous status, enabling the institution to independently manage its academic functioning for 10 years, varsity officials said on Wednesday. The university issued a letter on Monday to the college administration conferring the status. According to a college official, Behala College is the only non-religious, non-minority, state-aided institution in West Bengal to have been granted autonomy, they added. 'University of Calcutta is hereby pleased to confer the status of an autonomous college under this university in favour of Behala College for a period of 10 years from the academic year 2025-26 to 2034-2035," CU's letter signed by registrar Debasis Das addressed to the Principal Sharmila Mitra read. The university decided to grant autonomous status to the college after the UGC on July 2 had recommended that the college be granted autonomy status. Mitra said, 'The college will launch postgraduate courses in five subjects – English, cybersecurity and digital forensics, geo-informatics, applied microbiology and data science and analytics – from August." This will be in addition to the PG courses in four subjects — chemistry, mathematics, Bengali and history, making a total of nine postgraduate subjects to be taught independently by the college. Established in 1963, Behala College has over 2,000 students and was recently awarded an A++ NAAC rating—the highest rating conferred by the UGC. Among other prominent autonomous colleges in West Bengal are St. Xavier's College, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira (Belur), and Scottish Church College. PTI SUS MNB view comments First Published: July 30, 2025, 16:45 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
27 of Kol's 1st 38 heart recipients survived follow-up period: Study
1 2 3 Kolkata: In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a group of doctors conducted a follow-up on 38 heart recipients, who underwent transplantation of the organ in Kolkata between 2018 and 2023. The survey conducted by these doctors show that 27 of these 38 patients, who underwent heart transplantation till Oct, 2023, were alive at the time of the follow-up. The data was collected from seven participating hospitals, where the transplants took place. The patients were in the age group of 12 to 58 years, 28 (73.6%) recipients being male and 10 (23.4%) female. Three were paediatric. According to the survey, out of the 38 heart transplant cases, 33 recipients were discharged from the hospitals where they underwent the surgeries. During the follow-up period, five patients died due to infective complications and one passed away because of organ rejection. Heart transplantation made its debut in Bengal only in May, 2018, at a private hospital. You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Data compiled shows a 30-day mortality rate of 13.2%, with five out of the 38 recipients attributed to low cardiac output syndrome, possibly stemming from post-operative primary graft dysfunction (PGD.) Infective complications were noted in 11 recipients (28.9%). The article titled 'Heart Transplant in West Bengal: Insights from a Collective Experience of Multiple Centers in an Indian State', published in the Indian Journal of Transplantation, also pointed out challenges such as postoperative primary graft dysfunction (PGD) and infections, which can be addressed with continued efforts, gaining further experience, and infrastructure development. Doctors Debasis Das, Nilanjan Dutta, Shubhadeep Das of Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Howrah, Pradeep Narayan, Ayan Kar, Mrinalendu Das, Lalit Kapoor of RN Tagore Hospital, Kunal Sarkar and Soumyajit Ghosh of Medica Superspeciality Hospital, Subhendu Sekhar Mahapatra of IPGMER, Plaban Mukherjee and Subrata Dey of Medical College Kolkata, Tamashis Mukherjee of Apollo, along with Kayapanda Mandana and Tapas RayChaudhury of Fortis, came together to piece together the data. The first successful heart transplant from a brain-dead donor in India was conducted in 1994 at AIIMS, followed shortly by Madras Medical Mission Hospital, Chennai. "Despite the delayed start in West Bengal, the programme has witnessed significant growth. Currently, West Bengal has seven accredited centres for heart transplantation," said the authors. Among the seven hospitals with heart transplant facilities in the state, two are state-run facilities where the procedure is done for free. "This development marks a milestone in the region's healthcare, providing hope to patients with end-stage heart failure. Challenges such as postoperative PGD and infections persist but are expected to be addressed with continued efforts, gaining further experience, and infrastructure development," the article reads. The authors also acknowledged the contributions of Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Munna Das, Sanjiban Ghosh, Jayita Nandy Das, Manish Kumar Sharma, Rangan Koley, and Shivani Gajpal of Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Howrah.
Time of India
13-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
OBC block cleared, revised lists out
Kolkata: The state govt has published the revised OBC lists in a gazette notification, clearing the legal bottlenecks for the school and college admission process. Jadavpur University arts faculty admission committee held a meeting on Friday, where it was decided that the admission process would begin on Wednesday. "The notification will be published on Tuesday, and students can start applying to arts courses from Wednesday until July 2. All arts departments, except philosophy, sociology, and Sanskrit, will conduct admission tests between July 14 and 18. Admissions will be around the first week of Aug, and classes will start either in the second or third week of Aug," said a teacher. JU was scheduled to start its admission process on May 19 but kept its UG admission in abeyance until further notice due to an OBC reservation-related dispute. A member of the arts faculty admission committee said, "The OBC-related complication has been sorted as the gazette notification has been published. So, we decided to open our portal and start admission for arts subjects." JU doesn't fall under the centralized admission portal and conducts its own admission test. Sources said the science faculty might hold their admission committee meeting on Monday to decide on the UG admission to science subjects. Calcutta University, however, is yet to take a call. CU registrar Debasis Das said, "We are still waiting for final approval from the BCW to start the admission procedure for our in-house courses. The admission procedure for our affiliated colleges will be through the centralised portal." Ex-Judge Ashim Kumar Banerjee, state commission for backward classes chairperson, said, "Our job is to identify communities and recommend their reservations under OBC category for mainstreaming." Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
