The Hon’ble C. E. Buckland, in his ’Bengal under the Lieutenant-Governors' says:—"In January 1851 he" (Pundit Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar) "was appointed Principal of that" (Sanskrit) "College and introduced various reforms in the educational course and management of that Institution. In 1855 he was appointed special Inspector of Schools for the Districts of Hooghly, Burdwan, Midnapore and Nadia in addition to his duties as Principal, on a consolidated salary of Rs. 500 a month, and helped in establishing a number of model vernacular schools at a cost of Rs. 50 a month each, and also a number of girls' schools. It was in connection with these latter that he came into conflict with the Director of Public Instruction and threw up the appointments under Government in 1858. But for some years after he continued to be an unofficial adviser of Government, being consulted by successive Lieutenant Governors. * * * As a Government Officer he worked with remarkable zeal and intelligence and the Sanskrit College was, under his guidance, made an Anglo-Sanskrit Institution, English studies being introduced with a view to modernize the ideas of the students and render them fit for public service."
