Bhagalpur National College, Bhagalpur

Campus Location: Bhagalpur

Located in Bhagalpur National College, also known as BN College, established in 1960, is a general degree college in Bhagalpur, Bihar. It is a constituent college of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, and offers undergraduate courses in science, arts and commerce., Bhagalpur National College is located within the municipal limit of Bhagalpur City, one of the oldest Divisional Headquarters of Bihar. It is situated beside the National Highway NH-80 linking Patna-Kolkata. The college is one of the premier constituent units of TM Bhagalpur University. The college has a homogeneous sprawling campus stretching an area of about 4 acres. The river Ganga flows only one km away the North of the college. Bhagalpur, popularly known as a silk city, has a great historical antiquity. Bhagalpur has been a famous commercial and industrial centre with specialization in silk industry and trade since time immemorial. There is a good amalgamation of Marwari, Bengali, Angika and Urdu languages and cultures. Eminent distinguished personalities like Rabindra Nath Tagore, Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay and Ashok Kumar etc; lived here. Established in 1960, the college passed through phases of growth, expansion and produced a number eminent personalities in sphere of politics, administration, social services and academic., The college is managed and maintained by TM Bhagalpur University. There are 19 permanent teachers and 21 guest/visiting teachers imparting teaching in fifteen subjects of the faculties of Arts Science and Commerce. Teachers of the college are in good number participating in seminars/workshops/conferences/symposium at national/international level. They publish research papers in referred national and international journals. Moreover they have collaboration with other university in different research projects. Some teachers are also engaged as editor/reviewer of some reputed international journals. There are more than 5000 students enrolled in different courses. It is a co-educational institution imparting teaching of boys and girls. As the college is located at the fringe of the city, it has greater rural command area, where students come from far flung villages to attend classes and return by evening. With the construction of a bridge on the Ganga Vikramshila Setu, students in large number from North Bihar got easy access to educational institutions in Bhagalpur. The college tries its best to inculcate among the students the fine human values for enlightens of not only their personality but also their contributions towards the society and the national at large.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.