Sanskrit Collegiate School
| Sanskrit Collegiate School | |
|---|---|
School building | |
| Address | |
1,Bankim Chatterjee Street College Street Kolkata , India , West Bengal , 700 073 India | |
| Coordinates | 22°34′33″N 88°21′49″E / 22.575697°N 88.363713°E |
| Information | |
| School type | Government School |
| Motto | Sanskrit: तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय (From the darkness of ignorance lead me to the light of knowledge) |
| Established | 1824 |
| Authority | Government of West Bengal |
| Headmaster | Debabrata Mukherjee |
| Grades | I to XII |
| Gender | Boys' only |
| Age | 6 years to 19 years |
| Number of students | 600 (approx) |
| Language | Bengali, English, Sanskrit |
| Colour(s) | White and Olive Green |
| Affiliations | WBBSE, WBCHSE |
| Alumni | Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar, Haraprasad Shastri, Shibnath Shastri, Surendranath Dasgupta, Krishna Kanta Handique, Bimal Krishna Matilal, Abanindranath Tagore, J. C. Bhattacharyya, Bishnu Dey, Naba Krishna Bhattacharya |
Sanskrit Collegiate School is one of the oldest schools in Kolkata, India, teaching grades from class 1 to 12 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education. The boys-only school was established by the then Bengal intelligentsia along with Sanskrit College, Calcutta. The establishment date is 1 January 1824. It is situated opposite the Presidency University, Kolkata, College Square and Hindu School, Kolkata and next to the University of Calcutta and Hare School.