Vidyasagar College for Women (VCFW), Kolkata was established in 1960 and the college is affiliated to the University of Calcutta and accredited by NAAC.

Vidyasagar College for Women as a full fledged separate college affiliated to the University of Calcutta was founded in 1960. However, its history went back to 1931 when a separate womens’ section of the Vidyasagar College was started to cater to the educational requirements of the women folk of Kolkata. Its classes were held in the morning. The womens’ section was temporarily brought to a stop during the second world war. Since 1947, however, expansion in all branches of its activities took place steadily and regularly. New subjects were introduced and a group of dedicated teachers inspired confidence among the students who enrolled in large numbers. Since its foundation in 1960, Vidyasagar College for Women committed itself to carry forward the ideals and principles of Pundit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, the great educationist and social reformer of the 19th century. At present the college consists of three campuses.

All the three campuses of Vidyasagar College for Women are located at the heart of North Kolkata, the central zone of the Bengal Renaissance movement with the Calcutta University, Presidency College, Sanskrit College, Scottish Church College, Bethune College, the City group of colleges and Victoria College associated with Brahma associations close by. The residential places of the Thakurs, Rammohan Roy, Vivekananda and many other luminaries are within very short distance from our college.

The objective of the college is to imparting quality education besides inculcating sense of discipline, respect for tradition, a love of learning and contribution to the community. The dedicated faculty and staff of the college are working hard to adopt the best practices in education and also to provide extra help for students who are struggling.

The college strives to make sure that all the students achieve their full potential by providing a wide range of student support. The college has produced women who have excelled themselves in various fields.

VISION

The vision of the College is to foster inclusiveness in access to higher education, irrespective of class or caste and to instil students with positive values and a humanistic spirit of service to the wider community.

MISSION

The mission of Vidyasagar College for Women is to provide the best possible conventional education to the students and furthermore, to render socially meaningful education so as to help create a generation of responsible citizens who will contribute to the growth and development of the nation and society of which they are a part. Education here is not confined to regular classroom teaching alone, but includes within its scope an all-round holistic development of students. To this end, the Institution aims:

To ensure that all students have a personalized learning experience and regular contact with teaching faculty to ensure that students have sufficient academic support.

To improve the quality and range of Student Support Services and conduct special remedial programmes for weaker sections of the students and slow learners.

To introduce vocational, job-oriented courses for skill development amongst students for equipping them to compete in the globalised and diverse employment markets.

To promote inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research and to explore and widen the range of research funding sources.

To rejuvenate the existing infrastructure and create new facilities and integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in its management activities.

To promote training and skill development activities for all teaching and non-teaching staff enabling them to develop their abilities in rendering their duties.

To beautify the campus and provide a clean, healthy learning environment to its constituent members

To aspire for a friendly environment for persons with different abilities.

To offer academic liberty, allowing our faculty members and students to engage in exchange of ideas on issues of social concern without fear and to motivate students in realizing their potential through creative spaces.

To pursue the goal of social responsibility by contributing through academics, research, extension and collaborations to meet the challenges which mankind is facing in the present century.