Colleges in West Bengal

BarrackporeRastraguru Surendranath College, founded in 1953, is a UGC registered College [under 2f] & accredited by NAAC. A group of dedicated men, led by Dr. Satish Bose, a noted social worker, took the initiative in establishing this institution on 19 Sept. 1953 and named it after one of the most illustrious sons of Barrackpore and India.

Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, Raniganj was established in 1957 has been now the second biggest college of the state imparting higher education in twenty honors courses including Computer Science and one vocational course in Sericulture and the general courses almost in all subject of Arts, Science and Commerce streams. The college is government sponsored and is affiliated to University of Burdwan. The college has well educated and competent faculty members. Triveni Debi Bhalotia College Rani...

Mahishadal Girls College, the only one women's college in Purba Medinipur District, was established on 1st August, 1969. Some local affluent persons viz Late Dr Satyendranath Bhuniya, MB, Late Rabindranath Singha, Late Dr Haridas Sarkar, Late Gopal Chandra Mondal and many other eminent persons of the locality took the initiative to establish the college to spread the light of higher education among the women of this predominantly rural area. The college started its journey from a rented build...

The Maulana Azad College under the University of Calcutta is a community of students that encourages the quest for a deeper understanding of the human experience and fosters a personal commitment to lifelong learning, intellectual growth, and the enduring values of the liberal arts.The College is dedicated to helping students develop analytical and communication skills, creative abilities, and a sense of civic responsibility needed in an increasingly complex society.

History The pressing demand for women's education in South Calcutta led the authorities of Asutosh College to open the Women's Section in July, 1932. On completion of its 25th year of existence, it was felt that this section of the College should be run as a separate Women's College, with a separate establishment of its own. In 1957 the College was separated from the Men's College and affiliated to Calcutta University as Asutosh College for Women (1958), subsequently renamed Jogamaya Devi Col...

Salesian College is a Government recognized minority educational institution of the Catholic Church, run by Salesians of Don Bosco, Kolkata Province where over 1400 students do their regular BA, BCom & BSc studies under the North Bengal University.

Ghatal Rabindra Satabarsiki MahaVidyalayaHistorically, in the pre-independence era, Ghatal PS and Chandrakona PS remained in Jahanabad Arambagh sub-division in Hooghly district and were included in Midnapore district in 1872. After the establishment of Ghatal sub-division in 1876, Ghatal PS and Chandrakona PS came under Ghatal sub-division and Daspur PS later on came under it in 1877.

Our College, one of the oldest College of Howrah District, established in 1946,1st August by Late Panchanan Chongdar of Howrah in memory of his father Late Ramsaday Chongdar has been named as Ramsaday College. This College is the fulfilment of a virtuous dream of Panchanan Chongdar.The College building, which is now being expanded to meet the demands for additional space and for modernisation, is situated on the bank of the river Damodar at Amta about 1/2 k.m. from Amta Bus Stand, Howrah. It ...

Raiganj College (University College) is one of the biggest colleges in the Northern part of West Bengal. Established in 1948, the college has been taken over by North Bengal University in 1968, and since then it has become a University College and is been directly managed by the University of North Bengal.

Darjeeling Government College as it stands today since 5th August, 1948, has traversed a long way in serving the community. Darjeeling is very fortunate to have a government college of this stature and potentiality in this district town. The college is situated at the foot-hills of the eastern sub-Himalayan region at an altitude of 2134 meters. It stands on the Leblong Cart Road near the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park and the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute. At the place where the...

Since the opening session 1948-49, the college was affiliated to the University of Calcutta in English, Bengali, Sanskrit, History, Logic, Civics, Commercial Geography, Commercial Arithmetic, Elements of Book Keeping to I.A. standard and organizers were motivated to introduce I.Sc. course from the very next session. From the very beginning of the Commerce department was run in the evening in the interest of the otherwise employed students.

The college was initially established as an Arts College. After 10 years of establishment of the college, founder Principal Nepal Chandra Roy purchased a plot of land of about 5.7 acre with a moderate Building from the American Baptist Bengal-Mission at a very moderate price of Rs.3700/- and the college was shifted on 26th August 1937 to its present position. After the death of Biswambhar Dinda, a trust formed after his name “ The Biswambhar Dinda Trust ( B.D. Trust) built up “Biswambhar Hall...

In 1950 Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College came into existence as part of a larger historical reality known as Bengal Partition. Continuous with the struggle carried on by the victims of partition elsewhere, the college sprang up with the sole effort put in by those uprooted from the erstwhile East Bengal. In order to understand the historical struggle, its philosophy and the goals that compelled the birth and the subsequent growth of the college, the background and its location may be briefly out...

By miracle of Destiny, the Independence, formation of East Pakisthan and hence partition of Bengal causes of huge Hindu population from the then east business and profession, the Hindus left the then East Pakistan and hailed to India to get Balurghat being a border town, the growth of population rose from five thousand of fifty thousand in the year of independence. As a result along with manifold economic problems, education figured most prominently.

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...

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...

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...

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.