Colleges they set up then...

Arunima Ghosh

KOLKATA, 29 Sept: The state higher education department has come up with an innovative way to encourage private firms to set up institutes for a social cause.

The education department is preparing a publication on the details of the colleges of the state which were established before Independence in an attempt to bring out the role played by private investors in higher education.

The publication will come out in three volumes ~ colleges of British period before 1900, colleges set up between 1900 and 1947 and women colleges. The first volume of the publication is almost ready. If things go as planned the entire publication will be ready very …