Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah

Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah (SKNI)
Logo of the institution
Address
Map
181 Sastri Narendra Nath Ganguly Road.



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India
Coordinates22°35′6.417″N 88°18′13.566″E / 22.58511583°N 88.30376833°E / 22.58511583; 88.30376833
Information
Former nameSantragachi Minor School[1]
School typeGovernment sponsored, Higher Secondary
MottoSanskrit: श्रद्धाबान् लभ्तो ज्ञनम् (Bengali: শ্রদ্ধাবান লভতে জ্ঞানম)
(Those, who respect get the Knowledge)
Established1857; originally founded
1870; as Santragachi Minor School
17 July 1925; as Santragachi Kedarnath Institution (see history)
FounderKedarnath Bhattacharya, Manmatanath Seth, Mahendranath Kar
School codeF1-116, 106071[2]
HeadteacherTapobrata Basu
Student to teacher ratio40
Classes offeredV-XII
LanguageBengali
Schedule typeDay
Classrooms~40
Yearbook"Pujar Ful"
AffiliationsWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education and West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
AlumniNotable alumni
Websitewww.sknireunion.com

Santragachi Kedarnath Institution (or Santragachi K.N. Institution) is a Government-sponsored, Bengali medium, higher secondary school located in Howrah in the state of West Bengal, India. The first vernacular Bengali medium school of Howrah district, Santragachi Minor School, that was originally founded by Kedarnath Bhattacharya in 1857, was converted to Santragachi Kedarnath Institution in 1925. Prof. Ashutosh Mukherjee, the second Indian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta laid the foundation stone in 1920.[3][4]

The school shares the same campus with Santragachi Kedarnath Institution (for Girls) and Santragachi Kedarnath Institution Primary Section (Co-ed) (I-IV).

  1. ^ "A school for Santragachhi girls". Archived from the original on 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ "WBBSE :: Affiliated Schools". wbbse.org.
  3. ^ O'malley and Chakravorty (1909). Bengal District Gazetteers: Howrah. p. 140.
  4. ^ "Our History: Santragachi Kedarnath Institution". sknionline.in. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.