Scottish Church College, Calcutta

The '''Scottish Church College''' is the oldest continuously running Christian [[Liberal arts college|liberal arts and sciences college]] in [[India]]. It is affiliated with the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] (for the Scottish Church Collegiate School), the [[West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education]] for the awarding of baccalaureate and post baccalaureate diplomas, and with the [[University of Calcutta]] for graduate and postgraduate degrees. It is well-known for its beautiful campus, renowned faculty, robust intellectual milieu and its English [[Palladian architecture]]. Its students and alumni call themselves "[[Caledonian]]s" in the name of the college festival, "Caledonia". ==The founder and institutional origins== The institutional origins are traceable to the life of Dr. [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]], D. D. LLD. (1806–1878), the first overseas missionary of the [[Church of Scotland]], to India. Initially known as the ''General Assembly's Institution'', it was founded on 13 July 1830. [[File:alexduff.jpeg|thumb|left|90px|Reverend Dr. Alexander Duff, DD, LLD]] Alexander Duff was born on 25 April 1806, in Moulin, [[Perthshire]], located in the inner Scottish countryside. He attended the [[University of St Andrews]] where after graduation, he decided to opt for a missionary life. Subsequently, he undertook his evangelical mission to India. In a voyage that involved two shipwrecks (first on the ship ''Lady Holland'' off Dassen Island, near Cape Town, and later on the ship ''Moira'', near the Ganges delta) and the loss of his personal library consisting of 800 volumes (of which 40 survived), and college prizes, he arrived in Calcutta on 27 May 1830.[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091122/jsp/7days/story_11770216.jsp The missionary’s mission in Calcutta] {| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin-left:1em; font-size:85%; background:#ffc; color:black; width:20em; max-width:25%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" |- ! style="background:#ccc;"| Principals of General Assembly's Institution (1830–1908) |- | style="text-align: left;" | * Rev. [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] 1830-34 * Rev. [[W. S. Mackay]] & Rev. [[D. Ewart]] 1834-39 * Rev. [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] 1840-43 * Rev. [[James Ogilvie (missionary)|James Ogilvie]], 1845–71 * Rev. [[William Hastie (missionary)|William Hastie]], 1878–84 * Rev. [[W. Smith (missionary)|W. Smith]], 1884–89 * Rev. [[John Morrison (missionary)|John Morrison]] 1889-1904 * Rev. [[A. B. Wann]], 1904–1908 |- ! style="background:#ccc;"| Principal of Free Church Institution (1843–63) |- | style="text-align: left;" | * Rev. [[Alexander Duff (missionary)|Alexander Duff]] 1843-63 |- ! style="background:#ccc;"| Principals of Duff College (1863–1908) |- | style="text-align: left;" | * Rev. [[W. C. Fyffe]], 1863–80 * Rev. [[James Robertson (missionary)|James Robertson]], 1881–83 * Rev. [[John Hector]], 1883–1902 |- ! style="background:#ccc;"| Principals of Scottish Churches College (1908–1929) |- | style="text-align: left;" | * Rev. [[A.B. Wann]], 1908–09 * Rev. [[John Lamb (missionary)|John Lamb]], 1909–11 * Rev. [[Alexander Tomory]], 1910–1911 * Rev. Dr. [[James Watt (missionary)|James Watt]], 1911–1928 |- ! style="background:#ccc;"| Principals of Scottish Church College (1929–present) |- | style="text-align: left;" | * Rev. Dr. [[W. S. Urquhart]], 1928–37 * Rev. [[Allen Cameron]], 1937–44 * Rev. [[John Kellas]], 1944–54 * Dr. [[H. J. Taylor]], 1954–60 * Dr. [[N. K. Mundle]], 1960–70 * [[Jyotsna Pyne]], 1970 * [[B. Das]], 1970–1971 * [[S. K. Mitra]], 1971–75 * [[K. D. Bhatt]], 1973–75 * [[S. K. Mukherjee]], 1975–76 * [[A. K. Sen]], 1976–78 * [[A. K. Kisku]], 1978–81 * [[Aparesh Bhattacharyya]], 1981–1983 * [[Kalyan Chandra Dutt]], 1983–1995 * Dr. [[Kalyan Kumar Mandi]], 1996–2002 * Dr. [[John Abraham (missionary)|John Abraham]], 2002–present |} With initial support from the [[Governor-General of India]] [[Lord William Bentinck]], Rev. Alexander Duff opened his institution in Feringhi Kamal Bose's house, located in upper Chitpore Road, near [[Jorasanko]]. In 1836 the institution was moved to Gorachand Bysack's house at Garanhatta. Mr. MacFarlon, the Chief-Magistrate of Calcutta, laid the foundation stone on 23 February 1837. Mr. John Gray, elected by Messrs. Burn & Co. and superintended by Captain John Thomson of the [[East India Company]] designed the building. The construction of the building was completed in 1839. ==Historical context== In the early 1800s, under the regime of the [[Company rule in India|East India Company]], English education and Missionary activities were initially suspect. While the [[East India Company]] supported Orientalist instruction in the vernacular languages like Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit, and helped to establish institutions like [[Aliah University|Calcutta Madrasah College]], and [[Sanskrit College]], in general, colonial administrative policy discouraged the dissemination of knowledge in their language, that is in English. The agency of missionaries like Duff has to be contextualized in this backdrop. Inspired by the [[General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]], Reverend Alexander Duff, a young and dedicated missionary, arrived in India's colonial capital to set up an English-[[Medium of instruction|medium]] institution. Though [[Bengal]]is had shown some interest in the spread of Western education from the beginning of the 19th century, both the local church and government officers were skeptical about the high-caste Bengali's response to the idea of an English-medium institution. While Orientalists like [[James Prinsep]] were supportive of the idea of vernacular education, Duff and prominent Indians like [[Raja Rammohun Roy]] supported the use of English as a medium of instruction.His emphasis on the use of English on Indian soil was prophetic: {{cquote|The English language, I repeat it, is the lever which, as the instrument of conveying the entire range of knowledge, is destined to move all Hindustan.}} Raja [[Ram Mohan Roy]] helped Duff by organizing the venue and bringing in the first batch of students. He also assured the guardians that reading the [[Bible]] did not necessarily imply religious conversion. Although his ultimate aim was the spread of English education, Duff was aware that a foreign language could not be mastered without command of the native language. Hence in his General Assembly's Institution (as later in his Free Church Institution), the teaching and learning of the dominant vernacular [[Bengali language]] and literature was emphasized. Duff and his successors also underscored the necessity of sports among his students . Interestingly, when he introduced [[political economy]] as a subject in the curricula, the Church strongly criticized him. [[File:Ram Mohan Roy statue.jpeg|thumb|left|Raja Ram Mohan Roy Bahadur, who supported Rev. Duff in spreading English education in India]] In 1840, Duff returned to India. At the [[Disruption of 1843]], Duff sided with the Free Church. He gave up the college buildings, with all their effects and established a new institution, called the Free Church Institution. He had the support of Sir [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|James Outram]] and Sir [[Henry Lawrence]], and the encouragement of seeing a new band of converts, including several young men born of high caste. In 1844, governor-general [[Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge|Viscount Hardinge]] opened government appointments to all who had studied in institutions similar to Duff's institution. In the same year, Duff co-founded the ''[[Calcutta Review]]'', of which he served as editor from 1845 to 1849. These two institutions founded by Duff, i.e., the General Assembly's Institution and the Free Church Institution would be merged later to form the Scottish Churches College. After the unification of the [[Church of Scotland]] in 1929, the institution would be known as [[Scottish Church College]]. Along with Raja [[Ram Mohan Roy]], the great social reformer often called the ''father of modern India'', Dr. Duff supported [[Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay|Lord Macaulay]] in drafting his influential ''Minute for the introduction of English education in India''. Eminent contemporary and successive missionary scholars from Scotland, notably Dr. Ogilvie, Dr. Hastie, Dr. Macdonald, Dr. Stephen, Dr. Watt, Dr. Urquhart contributed in spreading [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[Western culture|Western]] education. The institutions founded by Duff have been coterminous with other contemporary institutions like [[Senate of Serampore College (University)|Serampore College]], and [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Hindu College]] in ushering the spirit of intellectual enquiry and a general acceptance of the ideals of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], among colonized [[Bengali people|Bengalis]], in what has been widely regarded by historians specializing in nineteenth century India, as the epochs of the [[Young Bengal|Young Bengal Movement]] and later, the [[Bengal Renaissance]]. Duff's contemporaries included such luminaries as Reverend Mackay, Reverend Ewart and Reverend Thomas Smith. Till the early 20th century the norm was to bring teachers from Scotland (like William Spence Urquhart, Leslie Stephen, H.M. Percival, Ian Fairweather etc.) but eminent Indian scholars were also engaged as teachers by the college authorities. Scholars like [[Surendranath Banerjea]], Kalicharan Bandyopadhyay, Jnan Chandra Ghosh, Gouri Shankar Dey, Adhar Chandra Mukhopadhyay Sushil Chandra Dutta, Mohimohan Basu, Sudhir Kumar Dasgupta, Nirmal Chandra Bhattacharya, Bholanath Mukhopadhyay and Kalidas Nag had all contributed hugely to enhance the academic standards of the college. Dr. Duff played a leading part in founding the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1857, he was associated with the ''Agro-horticultural Society'' and the establishment of a medical college, the first in India. He also aimed at breaking down [[caste]]-barriers by founding several girls schools. The Scottish Church College played a pioneering role in women's education as well as co-education in the country. Female students comprise half the present roll strength of the college. With the added interest of the missionaries in educational work and social welfare, the college stands as a monument to Indo-[[Scotland|Scottish]] co-operation. The aims and principles of the College are essentially those of its founder namely, the formation of character through education based on Christian teaching. ==Current status and initiatives== [[File:1008scott.jpg|thumb|left|Scottish Church College at 175]] * Until 1953, the administrative control over the college was exercised by the Foreign Mission Committee of the [[Church of Scotland]]. This was exercised by jointly by a local council consisting of representatives of the Church of Scotland and the United Church of Northern India. Later the Foreign Mission Committee of Church of Scotland relinquished its authority to the United Church of Northern India, and in 1970, the United Church of Northern India joined the [[Church of North India]] as a constituent body. This made the Church of North India the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' successor (to the Church of Scotland) in running the administration of the college. As the college was founded on Christian (Protestant and [[Presbyterian]]) foundations, it derives its legal authority and status as a religious [[minority group|minority]] institution as defined by the scope of Article 30 of the [[Constitution of India]]. {{Protestant missions to India}} * On September 27, 1980, the [[Indian Postal Service]] released a commemorative stamp on the college recognizing its contribution towards the historical, cultural,artistic and scientific heritage of [[India]] and the entire [[Indian subcontinent]]. * Since 2001, this college has been a member of the ''United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia'' and is a participant in that organization's ''Asian University Leadership Program''. This effort ushered exchange programs with scholars and faculty of participating educational institutions. * In recognition of its robust academic milieu, it has been granted the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]]'s "A" rating in 2004. * In 2006, the college celebrated 175 years of existence. * The [[University Grants Commission (India)]] has accepted the recommendations of the [[University of Calcutta]] to regard the college as a centre of excellence. * Since 2004, the college has been publishing the ''Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences'', an international refereed and annually published journal in the [[social sciences]] related sub-fields like liberalism, [[empiricism]], [[Marxism]], [[postmodernism]], [[feminism]], [[subaltern studies]] and [[postcolonialism]]. *In 2011, the [[Scottish Government]] instituted a Centre of Tagore Studies in [[Edinburgh]]'s [[Napier University]], to facilitate integrated research on [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s works and philosophy. In Calcutta, this scholarly initiative will be extended to the college, involving the departments of English, Bengali and philosophy. ===In fiction=== * [[Satyajit Ray]]'s fictional scientist-cum-investigator [[Professor Shanku]] started his career as a professor of physics at the Scottish Church College. * [[Samaresh Majumdar]]'s bestsellng novel Kalbela is a gripping story about Calcutta's culture, politics and society in the aftermath of the 1970s Naxalite movement. Samaresh Majumdar won the prestigious [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Bengali Writers|Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Kalbela in 1984. ===In cinema=== * [[Kaalbela|Kaalbela: Calcutta My Love]], a 2009 Bengali film directed by [[Goutam Ghosh]], based on events of the 1970s [[Naxalite|Naxalite movement]], which affected students of the college. * [[Egaro|Egaro: The Immortal Eleven]], a 2011 [[sports film]] in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] directed by Arun Roy, which was based on the [[Mohun Bagan AC|Mohun Bagan Athletic Club's]] victory over the [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] in the finals of the 1911 [[IFA Shield]], in which two members of Mohun Bagan's victorious team were students of the college.. ==Notable alumni== Since its inception, it has continuously produced alumni who have excelled or have been influential in various fields. The spirit of the [[Protestant work ethic]], originally espoused by its founders and teachers have been verily inculcated in its students. To sum it, the following excerpt from the [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|2004 NAAC Report]] is very appropriate: {{cquote|Scottish Church College, Kolkata is perhaps the only college of India which can boast of producing a large number of extra-ordinary personalities most of whom are not only famous in the country but also could earn international repute...The very impressive and a very long list of alumni of the college includes the names of Governors, Chief Ministers, Ministers, Vice-Chancellors of some eminent Universities of India, Jurists, Administrators, Ambassadors, Speakers, Educationists, Historians, Scholars, Doctors, Authors, Poets, Dramatists, Novelists, Political Leaders, Religious Leaders, Sports persons, Film personalities, Actors, Singers, Artists etc. etc.}} [[File:Swami Vivekananda-1893-09-signed.jpg|thumb|95px|left|[[Swami Vivekananda]]]] [[File:Subhas Bose.jpg|thumb|95px|left|[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]]]] [[File:Swami Prabhupada.jpg|95px|left|thumb|[[A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]]]] [[File:Paramahansa Yogananda.jpg|thumb|95px|left|[[Paramahansa Yogananda]]]] [[File:Bp in un.jpeg|95px|left|thumb|[[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]]]] [[File:Chandramukhi Bose.jpg|95px|left|thumb|[[Chandramukhi Basu]]]] [[File:Seeta 1933.jpg|95px|left|thumb|[[Sisir Bhaduri]]]] [[File:Mrinal-sen.jpg|95px|left|thumb|[[Mrinal Sen]]]] [[File:Mitun-chakraborty.JPG|95px|left|thumb|[[Mithun Chakraborty]]]] [[File:Mani color.jpg|95px|left|thumb|[[Manilal Bhaumik]]]] ===Social reformers and religious leaders=== * [[Swami Vivekananda]], [[Hindu]] [[saint]], proponent of [[Advaita Vedanta]] school of religious philosophy in the West and founder of the [[Ramakrishna Mission]] Order * [[Rev. Lal Behari Dey]], [[scholar]], writer and [[theologian]] of the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843-1900)|Free Church of Scotland]] * [[Sitanath Tattwabhushan]], philosopher and theologian of Sadharan [[Brahmo Samaj]] * [[Brahmabandhab Upadhyay]], convert and preacher of Anglicanism, Catholicism, and Brahmo Samaj * [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], [[Hindu]] mystic, [[Yogi]] and leading proponent of [[Kriya Yoga]] in the West * [[A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada]], Hindu author and teacher, Founder, [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness]], leading proponent of [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]] * [[Gambhirananda|Swami Gambhirananda]], president of the Ramakrishna Mission Order ===Politicians and freedom fighters=== * Netaji [[Subhash Chandra Bose]], President of the [[Indian National Congress]] (1938–1939), co-founder of the [[Indian National Army]] and Head of State, [[Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind]] (1942–1945) * [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]], first democratically elected [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] * [[Gopinath Bordoloi]], prominent freedom fighter, first [[Chief Minister of Assam]] * [[Prafulla Chandra Sen]], former [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] * [[Pu Lalthanhawla]], former [[Chief Minister of Mizoram]] * [[B.B. Lyngdoh|Brington Buhai Lyngdoh]], former [[Chief Minister of Meghalaya]] * George Gilbert Swell, Member of [[Rajya Sabha]], former challenger to the Office of the [[President of India]] in July, 1992 * [[Banwari Lal Joshi]], [[List of Governors of Uttar Pradesh|Governor of Uttar Pradesh]], former [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]], former [[List of Governors of Meghalaya|Governor of Meghalaya]] and [[Governor of Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]] * [[Dr.]] [[Mohammed Mohsin]], Honorary Chairman of the [[Nepal]]ese [[National Assembly]], member, [http://www.rppnepal.com/ Rastriya Prajatantra Party of Nepal] * [[His Royal Highness]] [[Raja Maung Shwe Prue Chowdhury]], ex-King of the [[Bandarban District|Bomang tribe]], [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] * [[Ajit Kumar Panja]], Former Member of Parliament in the [[Lok Sabha]] and Ex-Minister of State for External Affairs * Kamal Kumar Bose, Former mayor of Calcutta and Member of Parliament. ===Industry=== * [[Jagmohan Dalmiya]], chief executive of M.L. Dalmia Construction Company. * [[Mani Lal Bhaumik]], scientist turned entrepreneur based in [[Beverly Hills, California]]; inventor of the [[excimer laser]] and author * [[Dharam Bir 'Bill' Lall]] of Woodsland, entrepreneur, [[self-help]] and [[motivational speaker]] and author based in the UK * [[Kashi Nath Memani]], ex-chairman of [[Ernst & Young]] India and first Indian to be selected to the audit committee of the [[International Monetary Fund]] * Mool Raj Vyas, ex-General Manager of J K Tyres Ltd., Kankroli, Udaipur, Rajasthan and ex-Senior Vice President of [[Lohia Machinery Limited|LML]] Limited Kanpur ===Jurists=== * Sir [[Gooroodas Banerjee]], noted jurist and educationist, * Honourable Justice [[Amal Kumar Sarkar]], former [[Chief Justice of India]] * [[Justice]] Amarendra Nath Sen, former judge, of the [[Supreme Court of India]] * [[Justice]] Ganendra Narayan Ray, former judge, of the Supreme Court of India * Honourable Justice Anandamoy Bhattacharjee, former [[Chief Justice]] of [[Bombay High Court]] * Honourable Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee, former Chief Justice of the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] and Member of the International Law Association; also Founder-President of the [[Nalsar University of Law]], Hyderabad ===Academics and vice chancellors=== * [[Chandramukhi Basu]], one of the first female graduates of the British Empire, and the first head of an undergraduate college in South Asia (as principal of [[Bethune College]], Calcutta) * Sir [[Gooroodas Banerjee]], first Indian [[vice chancellor]] of the University of Calcutta * Sir [[Brajendra Nath Seal]], formerly vice chancellor of [[Visva-Bharati University]], Santiniketan and later, the [[University of Mysore]] * [[Tarak Nath Das]], formerly professor at [[Columbia University]] * [[Satischandra Ray]], classical scholar and teacher * [[Suniti Kumar Chatterjee]], eminent [[linguistics|linguist]] * [[Biraja Sankar Guha]], pioneering anthropologist, one of the first PhD recipients in anthropology in the world (Harvard University, 1924) and founder-director of the [[Anthropological Survey of India]]. * [[Nirmal Kumar Bose]], eminent anthropologist and freedom fighter * [[Benoy Chandra Sen]], Indologist * [[Ramaprasad Chanda]], anthropologist and archaeologist * [[Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri|Hemchandra Raychaudhuri]], formerly Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History and Culture, University of Calcutta * [[Tapan Raychaudhuri]], Ad-Hominem Professor of Indian History and Civilization and Emeritus Fellow, [[St. Antony's College, Oxford]] * [[Rabindra Kumar Das Gupta]], formerly Tagore Professor of Bengali literature, University of Delhi; also Director, [[National Library of India|National Library, Calcutta]] * [[Asima Chatterjee]], first Indian woman to earn a [[Doctor of Science|doctorate in science]]; formerly Khaira Professor of Chemistry, University of Calcutta. * [[Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta]], ex vice chancellor, University of Calcutta * Roma Chaudhuri, ex vice chancellor, [[Rabindra Bharati University]] * N. N. Saha, ex vice chancellor, [[University of Kalyani]] ===Performing arts, theater and cinema=== * [[Kshirode Prasad Vidyavinode]], thespian * [[Sisir Bhaduri]], noted playwright * [[Ajitkumar Chakravarty]], scholar and teacher of literature, drama and music * [[Pankaj Mullick]], Bollywood and [[Bengali cinema]] music director and composer * [[Suchitra Mitra]], [[Rabindra Sangeet]] exponent * [[Manna Dey]], [[Bollywood]] film music exponent * [[Mrinal Sen]], internationally acclaimed [[art film]] director and cultural commentator * [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]], renowned art cinema director and poet * [[Tarun Majumdar]], film director * [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] winning Indian film [[National Film Award for Best Actor|actor]] and social activist. * [[Diptendu Pramanick]], First Secretary of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA); Secretary of Film Federation of India (1953–54) * [[Birendra Krishna Bhadra]],a poet widely remembered in [[Bengal]] for his recital of [[Mahishasura|Mahishashura Mardini]] * [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]], eminent theatre personality, director [[Nandikar]] theatre group and cultural critic * [[Badal Sircar]], dramatist * [[Manoj Mitra]], dramatist * [[Shyamanand Jalan]], theatre director * [[Madhav Sharma]], Indian born comedian and actor based in the UK * [[Utpala Sen]], [[Rabindra Sangeet]] exponent * [[Pulak Bandopadhyay]], Bengali lyricist and composer * [[Arun Kumar Shaha]], [[sitar]] performer * [[Tanmoy Bose]], internationally renowned [[tabla]] exponent ===Visual arts=== * [[Bivas Chaudhuri]], artist of the [[abstract art]] form * [[Bulbul Chowdhury]], [[Bangladesh]]i performing artist, dancer and writer * [[Ajmal Husain]], Bangladeshi artist based in Paris * [[Mustafa Manwar]], Bangladeshi artist, media personality, critic and scholar ===Writers, poets and journalists=== * [[Dhan Gopal Mukerji]], socio-cultural critic and first successful Indian man of letters in the United States of America; winner of [[Newbery Medal]] (1928) * [[Nirad C. Chaudhuri]], [[polymath]], historian and [[encyclopedic]] commentator on culture, acclaimed [[Victorian literature|Victorian]] scholar and honorary [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] * [[Manomohan Bose]], nationalist poet, playwright and journalist * [[Satyendranath Dutta]], Bengali poet * [[Sudhindranath Dutta]], author and poet * [[Birendra Krishna Bhadra]],a poet widely remembered in [[Bengal]] for his recital of [[Mahishasura|Mahishashura Mardini]] * [[Parvati Prasad Baruwa]], noted [[Assamese people|Assamese]] [[litterateur]] * [[Premendra Mitra]], novelist * [[Subhas Mukhopadhyay (poet)|Subhas Mukhopadhyay]], Bengali poet * [[Rudraprasad Sengupta]], eminent theatre personality, director [[Nandikar]] theatre group and cultural critic * [[Badal Sircar]], poet and dramatist * [[Samaresh Majumdar]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novelist * [[Sanjeev Chattopadhyay]], Bengali journalist, author and critic * [[Bani Basu]], Bengali author, [[postcolonial]] and [[feminist]] scholar, cultural critic * [[Farrukh Ahmed]], [[East Pakistan]]i and later Bangladeshi poet, writer, activist of the [[Language Movement]] * [[Derek O'Brien (quizmaster)|Derek O'Brien]], nationally acclaimed [[quiz]]-master and author * [[Bina Sarkar Ellias]], founder-editor and publisher of ''International Gallerie'', an award-winning global arts and ideas magazine. ===Administrators=== * [[Binay Ranjan Sen]], [[Director General]], [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] * [[Jagmohan Dalmiya]], ex-President of [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] and the first Indian to be the chairman of the [[International Cricket Council]] * [[Shyamal Ghosh]], ex-Chairman, [[Working Group on Internet Governance]], [[International Telecommunication Union]] * [[Kashi Nath Memani]], ex-chairman of [[Ernst & Young]] India and first Indian to be selected to the audit committee of the [[International Monetary Fund]] * Mool Raj Vyas, ex-General Manager of [[JK Organisation|J K Tyres]] Ltd., Kankroli, Udaipur, Rajasthan and ex-Senior Vice President of [[LML|LML Limited]], Kanpur ===Sportspersons=== * [[Gourgopal Ghosh]], football player for the [[Mohun Bagan]] Club and mathematician * [[Dharma Bhakta Mathema]], [[Nepal]]ese [[bodybuilder]] , political activist and anti-[[Monarchism|royalist]] [[martyr]] * [[Surya Shekhar Ganguly]], [[FIDE]] [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] and national champion *[[Sreerupa Bose]], former member, [[India national women's cricket team]] ==External links== * [http://www.scottishchurch.ac.in/ Official Website] * [http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Paper/Watermarked%20paper/SCOTTISH%20CHURCH%20COLLEGE%20CALCUTTA Stamp on the college] * [http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/HT/C_0257.HTM Christianity in Bengal] * [http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/HT/C_0256.HTM Christian Missionaries in Bengal] {{Kolkata topics}} {{Bengal Renaissance}} {{University of Calcutta}} {{Subhas Chandra Bose}} {{Coord missing|West Bengal}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2010}}