Presidency University, Kolkata (earlier Hindu College and Presidency College) is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, and one of the premier institutes of learning of liberal arts and sciences in India. In 2010, the year the college was upgraded to university status, it was ranked 3rd in India. Established in 1817, it is the oldest educational institution in India. I
t was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy, and a number of other eminent personalities of Bengal, such as Raja Radhakanta Deb, Maharaja Tejchandra Ray of Burdwan, David Hare, Justice Sir Edward Hyde East, Prasanna Coomar Tagore and Babu Buddinath Mukherjee. Initially established as the Mahapathshala wing of Hindu College, it was renamed Presidency College, i.e. In 2010, under the Chief Minister ship of Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, a former student of the college, it was upgraded to the status of a full university.
