Department Profile

When Asannagar Madan Mohan Tarkalankar College was established in 2007, the departments of History and Bengali were commenced with General courses and were upgraded to Honours courses in 2008. Teaching-learning had begun at the inception with the appointment of guest lecturers. Sri Nilendu Biswas joined the department in 2010 as the first full-time permanent professor. At about the same time, two guest lecturers, namely Sri Debashis Banerjee and Sri Sujan Sarkar left the department, being appointed elsewhere. A few months later, Smt. Mili Paul joined the department as a guest lecturer. Later, Sri Biman Tarafder, Sri Sukanta Biswas, Sri Narattom Biswas and Sri Partha Roychowdhury also joined in the same capacity. A new feather was added to the cap with the joining of Sri Partha Banerjee (M. Phil.) as a full-time and permanent member of faculty. At present, the department consists of two permanent full-time professors and three SACT lecturers. Numerous students of distinguished merit have graduated from the department in its decade-long history. Ujjwal Majumder ranked 2nd in University Examinations in 2011, followed by Narattom Biswas who topped and Sakil Biswas who stood third in 2012 - and the illustrious line of bright careers continues to the day.