Laban Hrad Vidyapith
Encyclopedia
Laban Hrad Vidyapith for Boys (Higher Secondary) (also sometimes unofficially spelled Vidyapeeth) is a Bengali language
school situated in Saltlake City, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India
. Founded on January 21, 1980, the school is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
.
The motto of the school is Sraddhaban Lavate Gyanam ("Receive Knowledge with Respect"). The school opened with facilities till Class X (Madhyamik
). In 1986, the school added a new building and extended to Higher Secondary (class XI and XII) in Science
and Arts
streams.
, the minister-in-charge for Salt Lake Plan. The first secretary of the advisory board of the school was Mr. Subhas Chakraborty, the Honorable Minister of Youth Welfare and Sport Ministry of West Bengal
government.
The school first opened as a co-educational school. In 1981, the school was split up, and the campus at Block AD was converted into boys' only, and a new campus was opened at Block EC, also in Sector I, Saltlake City, as Laban Hrad Vidyapith for Girls.
The first Headmaster was Dr. Nalini Ranjan Sarkar. On 23 April 1980, Dr. Samarendra Kumar Jana took the responsibility of Headmaster, and Dr. Sarkar became the Assistant Headmaster. Till 12 May 1994, Dr. Jana was on that post. After Dr. Jana, the responsibility was handed over to Mr. Nripendra Kumar Saha, the teacher for First Language (Bengali
).
When the school opened, the uniform was sky-blue shirt and chocolate half-pants (Class VIII and below) or trousers (Class IX and X). In January 1985, the uniform was changed to sky-blue shirt and navy blue half-pants and trousers. A tie is not included. The student wears a circular school badge on the left breast-pocket.
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
school situated in Saltlake City, Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Founded on January 21, 1980, the school is affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 10th standard is called the Madhyamik Pariksha or secondary examination...
.
The motto of the school is Sraddhaban Lavate Gyanam ("Receive Knowledge with Respect"). The school opened with facilities till Class X (Madhyamik
Madhyamik
Madhyamik is a centralised examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education at the end of 10th standard of school. It is the most popular 10th standard examination in India. More than 7,50,000 students took the exam in 2006 and the number increases substantially every year....
). In 1986, the school added a new building and extended to Higher Secondary (class XI and XII) in Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and Arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
streams.
History
The school was inaugurated by Mr. Prasanta SurPrasanta Sur
Prasanta Sur was the convenor of the Kolkata district Left Front committee and became the first Left Front Mayor of Kolkata in 1969. A member of the state committee of Communist Party of India , Sur was the urban development minister in the first Left Front government in 1977. Later, he also...
, the minister-in-charge for Salt Lake Plan. The first secretary of the advisory board of the school was Mr. Subhas Chakraborty, the Honorable Minister of Youth Welfare and Sport Ministry of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...
government.
The school first opened as a co-educational school. In 1981, the school was split up, and the campus at Block AD was converted into boys' only, and a new campus was opened at Block EC, also in Sector I, Saltlake City, as Laban Hrad Vidyapith for Girls.
The first Headmaster was Dr. Nalini Ranjan Sarkar. On 23 April 1980, Dr. Samarendra Kumar Jana took the responsibility of Headmaster, and Dr. Sarkar became the Assistant Headmaster. Till 12 May 1994, Dr. Jana was on that post. After Dr. Jana, the responsibility was handed over to Mr. Nripendra Kumar Saha, the teacher for First Language (Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
).
When the school opened, the uniform was sky-blue shirt and chocolate half-pants (Class VIII and below) or trousers (Class IX and X). In January 1985, the uniform was changed to sky-blue shirt and navy blue half-pants and trousers. A tie is not included. The student wears a circular school badge on the left breast-pocket.
Faculty
- Mr. Shyamal Bhattacharya, Head Master, Chemistry
- Mr. Dibyendu Bakshi, Assistant Head Master, Statistics/Mathematics
- Ms. Sunanda Sengupta, Teacher, History
- Mr. Ajoy Kumar Ghosh, Teacher, Geography
- Mr. Bhairab Chandra Sarkar, Teacher, History/Physical Education
- Mr. Ashish Kumar Ghosh, Teacher, Mathematics
- Mr. Snigdhendu Satpathi, Teacher, Biology
- Mr. Anil Kumar Das, Teacher, Bengali/Sanskrit
- Mr. Tapan Bandyopadhay, Teacher, Physical Science
- Mr. Joydeb Samanta, Teacher, Physical Education
- Mrs.Bonani Chaudhuri, Teacher, Chemistry
- Mr. Asit Baran Sen, Teacher, Biology