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| Past History |
Our College of Ceramic
Technology was established in 1941 by
Professor Sasadhar Ray who was an eminent
and educationist and the first Principal
of the college. At that time the college
was named as Bengal Ceramic Institute
Calcutta, which later on flowered into
College of Ceramic Technology. Professor
Ray was one of the pioneers in spreading
ceramic education in India. He obtained
his M.Sc. degree in Physics in 1930,
as a student of Prof. Satyendranath
Bose, from the University of Dacca having
been place first in Class. He was a
research scholar under Prof. K. S. Krishnan-F.
R.S. in the Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science and served as
a supervisor in Peripatetic Demonstration
for Scheme of the Govt. of Bengal to
popularize the ceramic manufacturing
processes in the villages. He also worked
for a brief period in the Industrial
Research Laboratory, Dept. of Industries,
Government of West Bengal.
 The
college started with certificate and
diploma courses in Ceramic Technology
with six other different courses to
train people for various ceramic industries
in the eastern and other regions of
India. Prof. Roy organized a commercial
Training- cum- Production unit at the
institute to provide employment through
practical training to the students.
He formulated many developmental schemes
with their successful implementation
and introduced the concept of self-
employment in the institute to cope
with the problem of growing unemployment
in the country. He was the pioneer in
India to manufacture bone chinawares
using indigenous raw materials on commercial
basis and glazed pottery, sanitary wares,
tiles and low-tension insulators from
Gangetic silt. His contribution to ceramic
education and industry has gone for
and near within India and round the
globe.
In the year 1962, B. Sc (Tech.) degree
course in Ceramic Technology under the
University of Calcutta was introduced
in the institute, which was then renamed
as College of Ceramic Technology and
was undertaken by the Govt. of West
Bengal. At that time more emphasis was
given on Traditional Ceramics. Traditional
consists of pottery including materials,
cement, etc. and traditional glasses
for windows and containers/bottles including
crystal glasses and of course the infamous
optical glasses for our eyes and cameras.
Then came Dr. B. N. Samaddar as the
Principal of the College, who was trained
in MIT, USA. He brought a sophisticated
touch of modern ceramics like Nuclear
Ceramics, Space Ceramics, Electronic
and Magnetic Ceramics, Bio-Ceramics,
Piezoelectrics and Ferroelectrics by
continuous enriching the courses with
a strong emphasis on Materials Science.
In the year 2001, B. Tech degree was
introduced in Ceramic Technology under
the West Bengal University of Technology
and was affiliated to A.I. C. T.E.,
New Delhi. This college was the only
institute of its kind India dedicated
entirely to ceramic education and research
upto 2000. Recently, B. Tech. In I.
T. and Comp. Sc. Engg. have been started
. The college has also been approved
to introduce M. Tech. Degree in Ceramic
Engineering by the A.I.C.T.E., New Delhi.
In the year 2004, Prof. (Dr.) S. R.
Bhadra Chaudhuri took charges as the
Principal of the College. Under his
able guidance, the college is flourishing
day by day with immense development
in the field of Ceramic coordinated
with advanced technology.
The students are carefully chosen through
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations
and are given special training in Group
Discussions, Role play and Brainstorming
sessions along with their academic and
careeristic development in order to
sustain in the competitive world of
business. Industrial visits and other
Professional activities (Presenting
Seminars, Submitting Assignments, Reports,
etc.) apart from their course curriculum
are also arranged regularly for them.
We have highly qualified group of faculty
members, who always develop and innovate
new techniques of the teaching-learning
process to convey their gracious knowledge
properly to the students. Apart from
the academic activities the students
of this college involve themselves in
several creative works games and sport
and cultural activities though a number
of rich cultural programmes which they
organise regularly. Special emphasis
is given on the development of moral
character and the rich aspects of humanity
of the students through discipline and
able guidance. If is important to note
that our college is one of the very
few institutes where 100% students are
employed through campus interviews by
reputed companies, although some students
go of for higher studies through GATE
for India and GRE for abroad. |
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