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==Authority to issue degrees and accreditation== | ==Authority to issue degrees and accreditation== | ||
King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] of Denmark originally granted a [[Royal Charter]] giving the Senate of Serampore College the status of a degree granting university.<ref>Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, "Other Universities", Chapter XVI, Calcutta University, ''Three Missionaries, Carey, Marshman and Ward started the first Mission college at Serampore in 1818, and 9 years later it received a charter from the King of Denmark empowering it to grant degree.''{{cite web |url=http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/n/75/7Y/757Y0H01.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205002724/http://education.nic.in/cd50years/n/75/7Y/757Y0H01.htm |archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a university within the meaning of Section 2 (f)<ref>Under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956, '''''University''' means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act.'' The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since ''The Serampore College Act, 1918'' was passed by the Government of West Bengal.{{cite web |url=http://www.senateofseramporecollege.org/act/UGC.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926195054/http://senateofseramporecollege.org/act/UGC.htm |archive-date=26 September 2008}}</ref> of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] Act, 1956<ref>[http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/ugcact1956.html The University Grants Commission Act, 1956] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229114428/http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/ugcact1956.html |date=29 December 2007 }}</ref> ''(as modified up to 20 December 1985)''. | King [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] of Denmark originally granted a [[University charter|Royal Charter]] giving the Senate of Serampore College the status of a degree granting university.<ref>Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education, "Other Universities", Chapter XVI, Calcutta University, ''Three Missionaries, Carey, Marshman and Ward started the first Mission college at Serampore in 1818, and 9 years later it received a charter from the King of Denmark empowering it to grant degree.''{{cite web |url=http://www.education.nic.in/cd50years/n/75/7Y/757Y0H01.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205002724/http://education.nic.in/cd50years/n/75/7Y/757Y0H01.htm |archive-date=5 February 2012}}</ref> The Senate of Serampore College (University) is a university within the meaning of Section 2 (f)<ref>Under Section 2 (f) of the UGC Act, 1956, '''''University''' means a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act, and includes any such institution as may, in consultation with the University concerned, be recoginsed by the Commission in accordance with the regulations made in this behalf under this Act.'' The UGC took the opinion that the Senate fell under the purview of Section 2 (f) of the said Act since ''The Serampore College Act, 1918'' was passed by the Government of West Bengal.{{cite web |url=http://www.senateofseramporecollege.org/act/UGC.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926195054/http://senateofseramporecollege.org/act/UGC.htm |archive-date=26 September 2008}}</ref> of the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] Act, 1956<ref>[http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/ugcact1956.html The University Grants Commission Act, 1956] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229114428/http://www.ugc.ac.in/policy/ugcact1956.html |date=29 December 2007 }}</ref> ''(as modified up to 20 December 1985)''. | ||
Serampore was the first institution<ref>[[Murli Manohar Joshi]], Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. {{cite web |url=http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223010953/http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref> to be given the status of a university in India. It confers its own degrees in [[Theology]] under the power vested by the Charter and Act of Serampore College. | Serampore was the first institution<ref>[[Murli Manohar Joshi]], Higher Education in India Vision and Action, A paper presented at the UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education in the Twenty First Century, Paris, 5–9 October 1998. Internet, accessed 22 August 2008. {{cite web |url=http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-15 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223010953/http://education.nic.in/unhighedu.asp |archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref> to be given the status of a university in India. It confers its own degrees in [[Theology]] under the power vested by the Charter and Act of Serampore College. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:OldSeramporeCollege.jpg|right|225px]] | [[File:OldSeramporeCollege.jpg|right|225px]] | ||
Since [[Serampore]] was then a Danish colony, [[Frederick VI of Denmark|King Frederick VI]], the King of Denmark, issued Serampore College its Royal Charter of Incorporation on 23 February 1827, in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark (Charter, 1, Charter, 2, Charter, 3). The charter came in response to Joshua Marshman's visit to King Frederick in August 1826; the charter gave Serampore College the privilege of awarding degrees in Arts and Theology. [[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]], [[Joshua Marshman]], and [[John Clark Marshman]] (Joshua's son) were designated as members of the first Council. At its opening, the Trio released a prospectus which proposed "''A College for the instruction of Asiatic Christian and other Youth in Eastern Literature and European Science''." The college was open to all persons of any caste or creed, and the founders ensured that no denominational test would apply to faculty members. The charter has also been confirmed by the Bengal Govt Act. IV of 1918. | Since [[Serampore]] was then a Danish colony, [[Frederick VI of Denmark|King Frederick VI]], the King of Denmark, issued Serampore College its [[University charter|Royal Charter]] of Incorporation on 23 February 1827, in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark (Charter, 1, Charter, 2, Charter, 3). The charter came in response to Joshua Marshman's visit to King Frederick in August 1826; the charter gave Serampore College the privilege of awarding degrees in Arts and Theology. [[William Carey (missionary)|William Carey]], [[Joshua Marshman]], and [[John Clark Marshman]] (Joshua's son) were designated as members of the first Council. At its opening, the Trio released a prospectus which proposed "''A College for the instruction of Asiatic Christian and other Youth in Eastern Literature and European Science''." The college was open to all persons of any caste or creed, and the founders ensured that no denominational test would apply to faculty members. The charter has also been confirmed by the Bengal Govt Act. IV of 1918. | ||
The status accorded by the Danish Charter has since been re-affirmed for the study of [[Theology]]<ref>Sankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 ''Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. ''[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150100400.htm]</ref> and now forms the basis for degrees of all levels conferred by over forty theological colleges throughout India, and is administered by the Senate.It was incorporated by Royal Charter of 1827 and Bengal Government Act. IV of 1918. | The status accorded by the Danish Charter has since been re-affirmed for the study of [[Theology]]<ref>Sankar Ray, The Hindu (Business Line), 11 April 2008 ''Almost a century later, the charter was endorsed officially under the Bengal Govt Act IV of 1918. ''[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/04/11/stories/2008041150100400.htm]</ref> and now forms the basis for degrees of all levels conferred by over forty theological colleges throughout India, and is administered by the Senate.It was incorporated by Royal Charter of 1827 and Bengal Government Act. IV of 1918. | ||
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