Vidyasagar
College is a living monument of the untiring labours of Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar.
This is the first private college held its own place in the field of education.
A great many eminent sons of India from various walks of life have been associated
with this college, either as students, teachers or as administrators and committee
members.
It
was the great Indian educationalist and social reformer Pandit Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar
who was associated with the College from its very inception in 1872. The
college is a living monument of the untiring labours of Vidyasagar who is known
to be the founder of the college. After the passing away of the founder in 1891,
the name, Metropolitan Institute, was changed to Vidyasagar College in 1917.
