Education in West Bengal Education in West Bengal Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. The modern education system was developed by the British missionaries and the Indian social reformists. West Bengal has many reputed institutes of higher education like – Jadavpur University (first to introduce chemical engineering and numerous other interdisciplinary studies in India ), Presidency College, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (the first IIM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (the first IIT), Bengal Engineering and Science University (2nd oldest engineering institution in India), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, National
Tourist attractions in West Bengal incredible. West Bengal is also famous for its costumes. NDTV along with the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India conducted a nationwide campaign for searching the ""Seven Wonders of India" in 2008-09. The campaign started with shortlisting 200 places from all of the Indian states and then inviting public to cast their vote for their favorite places. It also included seven wonders of particular states. In West Bengal a total 13 were selected of which the ""Seven Wonders of West Bengal"" were shortlisted. The list of the 30 selected places are as follows: The shortlisted list, compiling of the ""Seven