State Institute of Physical Education College for Women

The State Institute of Physical Education for Women (SIPEW) is located in a sprawling campus which was once the residence of Warren Hasting, Governor of India and later the first Governor General of India After independence, the property was taken over by the Govt. of India and was subsequently handed over to the Govt. of West Bengal for establishment of an educational complex devoted to Womens? education. The idea started taking shape with the establishment of a teacher education college for women in the residential building of Hasting and the whole complex came to be known as Hastings House?. Several other institutions, viz. the Multipurpose Girls? high school, primary Teacher Training Institute and a Balwadi Nursery School came up in the campus in the year 1975,on the occasion of the International Womens? Year, the Govt. of West Bengal ventured into a new dimension in the field of Womens? education by establishing a womens? collage for Physical Education. The collage was named ?State Institute of Physical Education for Women? and enjoys affiliation of the University of Calcutta. It started with the B.P.Ed. programme of study with an intake capacity of 30.Mrs. Liia Dey took charge of the college, first as Office-in-charge and later as the Principal. The enrolment later increased to 75.