Colleges in West Bengal

Gour Mohan Sachin Mandal Mahavidyalaya is a government – aided, co-educational multi-faculty college established in 1968. The college was founded by Dr. Satyendranath Naskar, a renowned educationalist with empathy towards the backward classes in 1968. Late Sachindranath Mandal, son of Late Gour Mohan Mandal , of the adjoining village Bireswarpur, donated land and money towards the establishment of the college. Many benevolent persons contributed land and money for the development and expansio...

South Calcutta Girls' College takes pride in being the first college for women in south Kolkata. It was established in 1932 by eminent scholars and educationists like Peary mohan Chatterjee, after whom thye College library is named.South Calcutta Girls' College was initially a sister organization of the Beltala Girls' School and functioned as a morning college in the school premisestill mid- July, 1946. the College then shifted to 72 , Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700025, where it stands now.

The inception of Ramananda College in 1945 was the beginning of providing higher education to the otherwise marginalized youths of this locality. The “Temple Town” Bishnupur, a Sub-Divisional Head Quarter is endowed so far with this only co-educational Degree College, which has been serving for more than half a century as the Alma Mater of thousands of students coming from rural Bengal.

DESHABANDHU MAHAVIDYALAYA, an affiliate institution of the University of Burdwan and a registered academy of University Grants Commission imparts instructions on general degree courses in Science, Humanities and Commerce streams and professional degree courses in Advertising, Sales Promotion and Sales Management, BBA(Hons) & BCA(Hons).Established in year 1973, under the aegis of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Hindustan Cables Ltd. and a group of philanthropists, it travelled a terrain of hard...

On the 29th day of June, 1903 the Wesleyan Mission College was established in Bankura bringing in its wake a new era of emancipation. Bankura Christian College was established under the aegis of the founder Principal Rev. J. Mitchell. In 1907 the first college in the district of Bankura was granted approval by the Calcutta University to teach Intermediate Arts (I.A.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) curriculam. In 1911-12 Intermediate Science (I.Sc.) was introduced while the Honours curriculum was...

The college began its journey in the year 1949 as Jhargram Agriculture College. Practically, it is the brainchild of the then King of Jhargram - Late Raja Narasingha Malladev Bahadur. He donated more than 320 acres of land for the development of the college. The college was affiliated under Calcutta University till 1985. Teaching in new building started in 1950. Government of West Bengal took over this institution and renamed it as Jhargram Raj College (JRC). The first batch of students sat f...

The renowned mathematician Sir. Asutosh Mukherjee with a deep dream did establish this college. Asutosh College is affiliated under University of Calcutta. The college has a rich heritage that contributes to its own culture. The College was built up in the year 1916 under the leadership of Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, the famous mathematician, educationist and the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta. The College was then known as South Suburban College and was housed at a rented prem...

In the year 1817, the Hindoo College in Kolkata was founded that was later renamed as Presidency College. The college came under the Government's direct control in 1855. The college offers both Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses. This is a NAAC A+ accredited institution and is one of the best known Science colleges in Kolkata.

Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, located near the Shyambazar Metro Station and a few paces away from the Shyambazar Five Point Crossing, is one of the oldest and prestigious institutions under the University of Calcutta.

Champadanga, an affluent village under the Trarakeswar Block, is a very famous hub of good trade and commerce. Old Benaras Road passes through Champadanga. There was a time when the narrow-gauged Martin Railways connected this village with Howrah. However, that railway network is no longer functioning. From very early on, Champadanga had a steady economy based on the opulent vegetation of the area. But sadly for the local people, they missed out on educational opportunities because of the abs...

Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Women’s College is a Government Sponsored College, affiliated to Calcutta University from 1955 to June 1960, and to the University of Burdwan thereafter. Subsequently, for introducing PG Course in English in 2005, the college came to be recognized as a Constituent College of the University of Burdwan. It has been recognized by UGC (2F & 12 B) and accredited twice by NAAC (Grade B, CGPA 2.72).

Alipurduar College is situated in Jalpaiguri in West Bengal state of India. Established in 1957, and it is affiliated to University of North Bengal. Alipurduar College, Jalpaiguri offers 32 courses across 4 streams namely Arts, Science, Commerce and Banking, Hotel Management and across 3 degrees like BA, BSc, BCom. Alipurduar College' campus is spread over 86288 Acres. Hostel facility is not available for its students. Additional campus facilities such as Academic Zone, Boys Hostel, Girls Hos...

PD Womens College Established in 1950 and also known as Prasannadeb Womens College, is general degree women's college in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India. This is not only one of the oldest womens college in Jalpaiguri district but also in North Bengal. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and science.

In 1927, the College Section offering basically the Intermediate Courses was affiliated to the Calcutta University. By 1949 the college was fully accredited to give courses in B.A. and B.Sc. Later, in 1962 with the establishment of the University of North Bengal the college was affiliated to the university. In 1963 the college moved out of the school premises into the present site the college is now in the 82nd year of its service.

Dewan Abdul Gani College, which came into existence in 1994 at Harirampur in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, is one of the leading co-educational degree colleges under the affiliation to University of North Bengal and to Gour Banga University, Malda from the year, 2008. The previous inapposite educational infrastructure at Harirampur prompted the academics of this locality to set up this college keeping pace with the modern education and boosting up the generations towards a bright future. ...

Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya,located at Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur is purely Rural College imparting education to the proper and disadvantage section of society since its inception on 9th March in the year 2004. Sahid Kshudiram Centre for Education and Development, a registered Society commited to the cause of uplifting the rural mass, spearheaded the noble movement of setting up a college in such locality predominently inhabited by socially and economically disadvantaged population compris...

Ramnagar is a land of freedom-fighters. The people of Ramnagar played a not-worthy role in the country-‘s freedom struggle. They took a very active part in the Salt Movement of Pichhabani and suffered untold hardship and sufferings at the hands of British rulers. However, the area was educationally backward and having no facility of higher education at the time of very inception of the college. This long-felt need was partly met with the setting up of Ramnagar College in 1972 by some eminent ...

Kashipur Michael Madhusudan Mahavidyalaya is situated in a natural and open ambience of a panchaet samity, named Kashipur in the district of Purulia, WB about 7 km away from Adra Railway Station. It was the 26th day of September, 2000 when the college was established in the name of the great Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutta 1824–1873 who joined as legal advisor of Raja Nilmoni Singhdeo of Panchakote Raj in September, 1872 and then he was appointed as treasurer of the estate.

Deshabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Chittaranjan was founded on 3rd September, 1973 under the aegis of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Hindustan Cables Ltd, Rupnarayanpur and a group of philanthropists of the area. Initially the college was affiliate of The University of Burdwan. Subsequently from the academic session 2015-16 the college has been affiliated to the newly established Kazi Nazrul University. Dshabandhu Mahavidyalaya, Chittaranjan has a glorious history of imparting higher education. It of...