South Calcutta Public School® is governed and overseen by The Biswas Educational Foundation, which is a non-profitable, non-political, non-religious Public Charitable Trust, established in the year 2008. The goal of the Trust is to provide affordable education to children of local farmers and daily wage earners, while offering free education to the orphan and single-parent children of impoverished families of the society.
South Calcutta Public School is the sole educational institution in all over Kolkata and West Bengal to possess a Registered Trade Mark under its name.
For the past 18 years, the Trust has conducted a variety of social welfare initiatives. The Trust maintains its own land, buildings, and carry charity activities entirely on its own ability, without any financial assistance from the government. It is also important to note that the Trust will continue to fulfil all of its social duties in the same manner in the future. Four distinguished Trustees have been in charge of the trust and they are – Mrs. Nilima Biswas, Mrs. Gita Dev Biswas, Mr. Debashish Biswas and Mr. Tarun Bagchi, who devoted themselves for the wellbeing of the society.
The Trust was established with the kind intentions and motivation of our visionary Dr. Nalinaksha Biswas, who holds a Doctoral Degree (PhD.) in environmental control, heat, and mass transfer from Nottingham University in England. Prior to retiring early, Dr. Biswas worked for many years as a senior lecturer in building science at Leeds Metropolitan University. He explained his plans to build a school to educate and improve the lives of children especially the orphans.
The Trust maintains a facility called "Ananda Bhavan" where around 35 underprivileged children receive education, clothing, food, and accommodation along with suitable medical treatment all for free. Furthermore, a recreational plan has been put in place to see the children develop in an environment of freedom and skill. These children will remain in our care until they finish Class XII or reach 18 years, at which point they will be assisted in pursuing higher education.
To make it possible to maintain this project, Dr. Biswas believed about establishing a school where children from regular neighbourhood families could attend and get an affordable, high-quality education, in addition to the children who were staying at our facility.
South Calcutta Public School is the very first ecological green school situated in the pleasant neighbourhood of Prasadpur, Sonarpur. Established on August 15, 2015, the school began operations in January 2016 as a co-educational English-medium school with the objective of ensuring each child's complete development.
The school campus has been developed on a 4.02-acre property, with a proposed four-storied building spanning approximately 70,000 square feet. At present, the school is functioning from the 45,000 square feet completed portion of the building, while the remaining area is under construction.
This thoughtfully planned educational infrastructure is being developed under the supervision of the renowned architectural firm D.C. Paul & Sons, ensuring a harmonious blend of modern aesthetics, robust safety standards, and world-class facilities. The campus offers a contemporary, secure, and student-centric environment equipped with the latest amenities required for holistic learning and development.
This school building is being built using the Ecological Green Building concept equipped with thermal insulation that naturally regulates temperature and humidity, keeping the interiors cool in summer and warm in winter. This energy-efficient design reduces power consumption and operational costs. The building was conceived and developed under the guidance of Dr. Nalinaksha Biswas, who holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Control, Heat and Mass Transfer from the University of Nottingham, England.
The institution currently has classes ranging from Nursery to Class VIII.