West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education and Skill Development West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education and Skill Development The West Bengal State Council of Technical & Vocational Education and Skill Development() (Erstwhile West Bengal State Council of Vocational Education and Training)() is a statutory body under the West Bengal state government for administration and examining Vocational courses in West Bengal. The courses are offered from various affiliated Institution like Higher Secondary, Secondary Schools and Polytechnic Colleges across the State of West Bengal. It has its headquarters in Karigori Bhavan, 5th Floor, Plot-B/7, Action Area-III, Newtown, Rajarhat, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700160, India. It was set up in
Hinduism in West Bengal Jainism were popular too. Gaur, the first sovereign Hindu kingdom in Bengal with its capital in Karnasubarna in modern-day Murshidabad district, was set up by Shashanka, a Shaivaite king who ruled approximately between 600 AD and 625 AD. The modern structure of Bengali Hindu society was developed during the rule of the Sena dynasty in the 12th century AD. West Bengal has been home to several famous religious teachers, including Sri Chaitanya, Sri Ramakrishna, Rammohan Roy, Swami Vivekananda, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Paramahansa Yogananda who helped to abolish archaic practices like sati, dowry, and caste-based discrimination or untouchability