Bidya Bharati Girls High School - Basudevpur Colony,Paschim Barisha

Bidya Bharati Girls High School has been nurturing the cause for the education of young minds over five eventful decades. The school which was started on 2nd November, 1965 with only 9 students, was the brainchild of Mr. Prafulla Kumar Dasgupta and Mrs. Bharati Dasgupta. Nursed tenderly and carefully at its initial stages with the love and devotion of its founder members, the school has now further blossomed under the able guidance of Mr. Shyam Sundar Agarwal and his son Mr. Mukul Agarwal.In 1965, the school started with just a handful of students in a rented building.Today the institution boasts of three school buildings; a secondary and higher secondary section in New Alipore and primary sections in Mominpore and Behala; with nearly 4000 pupils in all three of the branches. In this long journey the indomitable spirit of the institution has enabled it to meet both challenges and victories with equal fortitude. Every year, the remarkable performance of the students in the Secondary and Higher Secondary sections has been commendable. By dint of sheer perseverance, most of the students of our school have reached the apex of success and are now quite well established both at home and abroad. Their achievements are not only limited to the field of academics but also in other fields.Every year, majority of our students come out with flying colours securing more than 80% & star (*) marks in different subjects. The achievements of Bidya Bharati have not been limited to academic activities only. They have excelled in all kinds of co-curricular activities too. They have won laurels at national and international levels and taken part in exchange programmes.Presently, teachers and students have started Dipanwita an evening school, to spread the light of education among the street children under the guidance of our Hony. President Smt. Purnima Mukherjee and Headmistress Smt. Sharmistha Banerjee.2015 is a remarkable year in the annals of Bidya Bharati Girls High School since it marks the completion of 50 glorious years of its journey. This journey started 50 years back on 2nd of November, 1965. It was a dream dreamt of by Late Smt. Bharati Das Gupta, the founder principal of this school; she was ably supported and encouraged by her husband Late Sri P. K. Das Gupta, an erudite Engineer and Scientist. Bidya Bharati ventured forth on its new journey with only 9 students in a rented house at New Alipore