Higher Education Annual Report 2007-2008 (West Bengal)

Abstract

The present volume of the Annual Report of the Department of Higher Education presents the status of higher education in the State of West Bengal during the year 2007-2008 and describes in particular, the activities of the department and also the various organizations and institutions attached to the Department of Higher Education. A remarkable feature of our higher education system is the balanced approach in expanding the opportunities of higher studies in liberal arts, humanities, social and basic sciences, commerce and in interdisciplinary areas along with the study in science and technology. That our efforts are definitely bearing fruits is reflected in the fact that the number of research publications per faculty in most of these disciplines in our universities compares very well by all India standard. A very large percentage of the research scholars now working in prestigious scientific establishments of our country are young graduates or postgraduates from our universities.