Netaji Subhash Open University

You can find us at 72, Beliaghata Main Road in Kolkata- 700010. This is the spot for Netaji Subhash Open University. It’s an old part of the city and the building has seen a lot of people come and go. We have a lot of rooms filled with files and books. It’s not a shiny new campus like you see in the brochures. It’s a working building. There’s always the sound of traffic from Beliaghata Main Road coming through the windows. We spend our time helping people with their paperwork and answering questions about classes. It’s a lot of manual work, typing things into old systems and making sure the records are right. We don't have a lot of staff, so everyone chips in. The walls could probably use a fresh coat of paint, but that’s not really the priority. We care about getting the information out to the people who need it. Kolkata is a busy city, and we are right in the middle of it. Sometimes it gets a bit chaotic with students coming by, but we manage to keep things moving. It’s a real place with real history. We’ve been at this address for quite some time now, and we know every creak in the floorboards. It feels like home to most of us who work here. We have a tea guy who comes by twice a day, which helps us get through the long afternoons. It’s just how things are at 72 Beliaghata.