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Women’s College, Varuna,
Varanasi is promoted to #35 (50)
and SSG Pareek PG College
from #49 in 2023-24 to #37 this
year. The previously unranked
M.L. Dhanukar College of
Commerce, Mumbai has debuted
at #40 and Shree Damodar
College of Commerce &
Economics, Margao (Goa) is
promoted to #48 (53).
As usual we are obliged to end
with the caveat that the national
league table of ASC non-autonomous
colleges is of limited value to day
scholars and school-leavers who pre-
fer not to venture further afield for
undergrad study. For such students
state rankings are of greater import.
BRSC, Kolkata’s Monojit Ray (centre): sole non-Delhi college in Top 10 They need to bear in mind that
colleges modestly ranked in the
India’s Top 10 non-autonomous ASC being appointed principal of BSRC. national league table are often
colleges, #1 in West Bengal and also Beyond the Top 10 and within heavyweights in their host states. For
because it has been promoted to #9 the Top 20, the status quo has been instance Kamala Nehru College
(10). largely maintained in the EW league for Women ranked India #18 is the
“Credit for our progress and in table 2024-25 of India’s 126 most #1 ASC non-autonomous college in
particular retention of our #1 rank in reputed private non-autonomous col- Punjab (pop. 31 million). Sunbeam
West Bengal has to accrue not only to leges. The sole exception is the Arya Women’s College, Varuna, Va-
our faculty, but also to our students Mahila PG College, Varanasi ranasi, ranked #35 nationally is the
who are well-disciplined and focused promoted to #20 (21). But beyond #1 ASC undergrad college in Uttar
on their studies and advancement. the Top 20, some colleges have risen Pradesh (pop. 215 million) and SSG
I am especially pleased with our handsomely in the esteem of EW Pareek PG College, Jaipur India
good scores under the parameters of sample respondents. #37 is numero uno in Rajasthan
faculty welfare and development and For instance Sunbeam (pop.83 million).
infrastructure. We prize our faculty
and provide them every opportunity Sunbeam, Varuna’s directors Deepak (centre left) & Bharti Madhok (centre right)
to develop their professional skills
and training. With the full co-oper-
ation of students, BRSC maintains
two scenic campuses — an admin
and science campus in Barrackpore
Cantonment and a Riverside arts and
science campus which is routinely
awarded prizes and certificates for
its flora, if not fauna. Our intent is to
provide excellent academic qualifica-
tions to our students, and also impart
an all-round development experience
that will transform them into good
citizens,” says Ray, an alum of the
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda
Central College and Western Calcutta
University who served a long stint as
faculty with the Navdeep Vidya Sagar
College, Kolkata (1999-2016) prior to

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