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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. The emblem of IIMC contains a twenty four petal lotus in the centre. In Hinduism, it is said that gods and goddesses sat on lotus thrones. A Buddhist story states that the Buddha appeared atop a floating lotus, and his first footsteps on earth left lotus blossoms. For Buddhist practitioners, a white lotus symbolizes purity, whereas a yellow lotus is associated with spiritual ascension. The lotus has a life cycle unlike any other plant. With its roots latched in mud, it submerges every night into river water and miraculously re-blooms the next morning, sparklingly clean. In many cultures, this pro

THE INDIAN MUSEUM Founded in 1814 at the cradle of the Asiatic Society of Bengal - at the present building of the Asiatic Society, 1. Park Street, Kolkata, Indian Museum is the earliest and the largest multipurpose Museum not only in the Indian subcontinent but also in the Asia-Pacific region of the world. With the foundation of Indian Museum in 1814, the museum movement started rolling in India and got a new fillip and great momentum. Since then, it has so magnificently developed and culminated into the fruitful existence of more than 400 museums in the country. The movement, which was started in 1814, in fact was the beginning of a significant epoch initiating the socio-cultural and scientific achievements of the country. It is otherwise considered as the beginning of the modernity and the end of mediaeval era. Its emblem has Sarnath Gateway in light brown colour depicted as if it is on a parchmen indull orange has its name written inEnglish, Devanagari and Bengali. It also mentions’

METRO RAILWAY, KOLKATA Metro Railway, Kolkata is the first underground Metro in India. It extends from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhash Metro station near Garia, on the busy North-South axis of Kolkata over a length of 31.365 Kms with 26 Stations and 15.70 Kms. of underground section. The Dum Dum - Tollygunge corridor was first selected for implementation and work started on December 29, 1972 and the first line of about 3.4 km between Esplanade and Bhowanipur in India was completed on October 24, 1984 and thrown open for the public. In Phase-I, a length of 16.45 Kms. from Dum Dum to Tollygunge (Mahanayak Uttam Kumar) completed in 1995 and in Phase-II a length of 5.834 Kms from Mahanayak Uttam Kumar to Kavi Nazrul Metro station is completed in August, 2009. The last leg was opened on 23rd February 2021 for commercial operation from Noapara to Dakshineswar. Metro Railway, Kolkata, is the owner and operator of Kolkata Metro, the oldest metro system of India. On December 29, 2010, it be