Jayaprakash Institute of Social Change, Kolkata, West Bengal was established in the year 1973. It envisions in implementing courses and programmes with diversified environment in the rural as well as urban localities in order to bring out vicissitudes in the constituent, so called micro societies. Since inception this institute has been striving hard to emerge as a Centre for a societal change and hence has always formulated its activities pertaining to transformation of the society. The institute works hand in hand with the Governmental and Non-Governmental organizations in the right based development, empowerment of the needy and work untiringly on the child related issues. It is the first NGO (organization) to run a school on social work. JPISC provides professional training to nurture its students with value and skills pertaining to the social work profession.

About the College in a nutshell:

Why Jayaprakash Institute of social Change?

1. JPISC is the one and only School in the Eastern-India to offer a Postgraduate course which fetch you a Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW)
2. The institute offers an excellent blended environment with both  theoretical and practical studies well on the same place
3. Computer Laboratory: The Institute has a full-fledged, well-equipped computer laboratory for processing data electronically
4. Family Counseling Centres:  The schools provides an opportunity to the students to deal with case studies related to marital disputes, women trafficking and violence against women etc.
5. Childline Operation: The institute runs a child line to serve the socially deprived and distressed children who are in a strange emergency situation
6. Experts in settling gender violence. JPISC trained students (persons)  have settled innumerable  such cases amicably
7. The institute has specially been categorized as a Nodal Organization of CHILDLINE (1098).