Sanskrit Collegiate School | |
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1,Bankim Chatterjee Street College Street Kolkata , India , West Bengal , 700 073 India | |
Coordinates | 22°34′33″N 88°21′49″E / 22.575697°N 88.363713°E |
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School type | Government School |
Motto | Sanskrit: तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय (From the darkness of ignorance lead me to the light of knowledge) |
Established | 1824 |
Authority | Government of West Bengal |
Headmaster | Debabrata Mukherjee |
Grades | I to XII |
Gender | Boys' only |
Age | 6 years to 19 years |
Number of students | 600 (approx) |
Language | Bengali, English, Sanskrit |
Colour(s) | White and Olive Green |
Affiliations | WBBSE, WBCHSE |
Alumni | Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Haraprasad Shastri, Shibnath Shastri, Surendranath Dasgupta, Krishna Kanta Handique, Bimal Krishna Matilal, Abanindranath Tagore, J. C. Bhattacharyya, Bishnu Dey, Naba Krishna Bhattacharya |
Sanskrit Collegiate School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India, teaching grades from class 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The boys-only school was established by the then Bengal intelligentsia along with Sanskrit College, Calcutta. The establishment date is 1 January 1824. It is situated opposite the Presidency University, Kolkata, College Square and Hindu School, Kolkata and next to the University of Calcutta and Hare School.