The post graduate department of Business Management was formed in 1985 with a view to fostering value based management education and research in order to cater to the country's growing need for qualified and efficient managers and management academics.
Department of Business Management, Calcutta University is ranked 38 according to a survey
of Business Schools all over India conducted by 'Business World' [25th May,
2009]
The Court of Directors of the East India Company sent a despatch in July, 1854 to the Governor-General of India in Council, suggesting the establishment of the Universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay.
In pursuance of that despatch, the University of Calcutta was founded on JANUARY 24, 1857.
The University adopted in the first instance, the pattern of the University of London and gradually introduced modifications in its constitution