Kalyani is a city located in the district of Nadia in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is a part of the area coming under the jurisdiction of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. In the year 2004, the Municipality of Kalyani earned the best municipality award with Ingrejbajar Municipality of Malda District and Durgapur Municipality of Burdwan District in the state of West Bengal. Again, in the year 2009, the municipality earned the best Municipality Award among the municipalities in the whole nation.

Education in Kalyani:

The city of Kalyani is best regarded as the university town since the city hosts the popular Kalyni University and many good colleges as well. The names of government colleges operating from Kalyani are given below:

Medical College:

• College of Medicine and JNM Hospital, Kalyani, Nadia District

Engineering College:

• Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani

Some of the details regarding these two government colleges offering education from the city of Kalyani are given below:

Medical College:

College of Medicine at Kalyani is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Health Sciences and the college came into existence in the year 2010. The Medical Council of India and the affiliating university has permitted the college to admit 100 students per year for the MBBS course and the MCI has also offer permission to the institution for renewal of permission for the year 2011-12. This college was actually established by the West Bengal University of Health Sciences and thereby the college is working under the administrative control and ownership of the university, which was established by the Government of West Bengal as a state university for medical education in the state of West Bengal.

Engineering College:

Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani came into existence in the year 1995 and the college is affiliated to the West Bengal University of Technology. The college is aided by the TEQIP Programme of World Bank and the college is one among the premier engineering colleges in the state. The college is located within the campus of Kalyani University and it has earned approval from the following bodies:

• National Board of Accreditation

• Ministry of Higher Education Department of Government of West Bengal

• Ministry of Human Resource Development of Government of India

• University Grants Commission

• All India Council for Technical Education

The College offers Bachelor’s degree programmes in engineering in the following branches of engineering:

• Electrical & Electronics

• Electronics & Communication Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Information Technology

• Computer Science Engineering

Master of Technology is offered in the following subjects:

• Electronics & communication Engineering

• Production Engineering

• Computer Science & Engineering

In addition to these courses, at the PG level, the computer applications department of the college offers Master of Computer Applications course. For UG Courses, admission is done based on merit secured by candidates in West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination. In addition to offering admission to the first year of B. Tech course, the college also offers lateral entry admission based on the merit secured by diploma holders in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination for Lateral Entry. Out of the total number of seats available for B. Tech course, 10% lateral entry admission is offered. For MCA course, admission is done based on score of WB MCA Joint Entrance Examination shortly called as JECA. For selection of candidates to M. Tech course, GATE score is considered followed by interview and in the case of candidates without GATE Score, there will be an internal examination for admission to the M. Tech course.

These two professional colleges in the town of Kalyani has so far produced many professionals in the field of medicine and engineering thereby contributing towards the educational development of West Bengal.