3 years in Vijaygarh Jyotish Roy College

The course eligibility is based on the higher secondary exam. The college authority does not take any admission test. To study botany Hons students must have a science background with biology as a subject. And as the admission process is complete marks based you must have overall 80% marks in class 12 and in the subject biology you should have over 85 marks to get a chance. The more marks you get the higher your chance of getting a seat. You can find the application form & all other necessary instructions like the merit list, payment page, etc on their college website. The application process generally starts in the month of July right after the HS result. And for botany Hons, the admission, as well as the first year fee, was around Rs 4500. Obviously reservations are available for SC/ST/OBC candidates.

First of all, I obtained 93 marks in Biology on my board exam. I enjoy studying biology. I'm very curious about plants and nature. So I have decided to pursue a career in Biology. We had a total of four faculties in our Botany department and in our batch, there were around 40 students. So the student-faculty ratio was like for every 10 students we have one faculty. But our professors were great. All of them are highly qualified and completed their PhD. Besides lectures, they conduct a few webinars on our subject topics and they have taken practical classes. We had a semester every 6 months. And the initial first two semesters we had to give two papers each. But we had to choose pass subjects. You can choose zoology, chemistry, physics or Maths as a pass subject. Exams are quite difficult to pass once we move towards the 5th & 6th semesters. So any student must have to study very hard to pass.

This college is a government college and it is well under Calcutta university. So the fee of our college is much low than another college. The total cost of the study is around Rs 14000 in 3 years which is very less than any private college fee. I have not seen any kind of financial assistance for college. Every student can apply for SVMCM scholarships. Girls can apply for Kanyashree. Apart from this many minority students get scholarships. One can bear college fees easily through scholarships. There is many other non profits organization and private scholarships for needy students

We have some fun in the first one and a half years of college. Before covid, we had celebrated many cultural festivals like Saraswati Puja and Holi. The freshers' party was conducted by seniors. An annual college function was organized. It was a very wonderful experience. Many of us participated in singing and recitation. Some participated in Drama. we also celebrated many special days like Netaji Jayanti, Republic Day, Independence Day, and many more. we have a very good library room with all department books available. We had a dedicated section for Botany students. Other than this we had many fictions, and non-fiction, books and magazines available. Our library room was very peaceful, clean and organized. We had free wifi all around the campus. We had a playground, a hostel for students and a computer room, a seminar hall. In short, we had all kinds of facilities available in our college. An annual sports program was organized too. I have participated in running. There have been some indoor games too