সাধারণ
Compulsory course for all PG students of
Vidyasagar University and the Affiliated Colleges(Non-credited Course - 25 Marks)
(Non-credited Course - 25 Marks)
A) Early Life and Education
1. Birth and Lineage
2. A Journey from Iswar Chandra Bondopadhaya to Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar
by Prof. Sibaji Pratim Basu (Former Professor), Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
by Prof. Sibaji Pratim Basu (Former Professor), Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
B) Vidyasagar and Indian Education
1. The then Indian education system
2. Vidyasagarian plan for reformation of Indian education- Vidyasagar as teacher,Vidyasagar as writer, planner and reformer of Indian education.
by Dr. Chhanda Ghoshal, Department of Bengali, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
by Dr. Chhanda Ghoshal, Department of Bengali, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
by Dr. Chhanda Ghoshal, Department of Bengali, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
by Dr. Chhanda Ghoshal, Department of Bengali, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
C) Vidyasagar and Women Emancipation
1. Introduction of widow remarriage
2. Struggle to stop child marriage
D) Philanthropist Vidyasagar
1. Vidyasagar’s philanthropy as narrated by others
by Prof. Tapan Kumar De, Department of PHILOSOPHY AND THE LIFE WORLD, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
by Prof. Tapan Kumar De, Department of PHILOSOPHY AND THE LIFE WORLD, Vidyasagar University (29.10.2025)
E) Vidyasagar : Traditions and modernity
1. Tradition
2. Modernity
3. Vidyasagar as Traditional moderniser
by Prof. Shrutinath Chakraborty (29.10.2025)
by Prof. Shrutinath Chakraborty (29.10.2025)
by Prof. Shrutinath Chakraborty (29.10.2025)
F) Relevance of Vidyasagarian thoughts and values ( 4 Classes)
1. Vidyasagar and the then Society of Bengal
2. Lesson for future generations
Reference Books:
1) Revisiting Modern Indian Thought : Themes and Perspective,(Ed. Suratha Kumar Malik and Ankit Tomar), Routledge, New York and Londan, 2022 ( First South Asian Edition)
2) Vidyasagar o Bangali Samaj, Binoy Ghosh, Orient Blacksoan,2011
3) Amalesh Tripathi: Vidyasagar : the Traditional Moderniser , Cambridge University Press,2011
4) Brian A.Hatcher(Trans) : Vidyasagar : The Life and After Life of Eminent Indian, Routledge, New Delhi, 2014
5) Asok Sen : Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar and His Elusive Milestone, Riddhi-Indian, 28 Beniatola Lane,Cal-9
6) Binoy Ghosh: Vidyasagar O Bangali Samaj, Orient Blacksoan,2011