Colleges in West Bengal

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...

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.

Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya, Paschim Medinipur was established in 2006. The college was started to impart the higher education to this region and promote social, cultural and moral values with a view to uplift the status of personal and professional life. The college offers under graduate courses in Arts stream. The Institute has state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University, a renowned university of West Bengal.

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.

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.

Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur was set up under the aegis of SKS Educational and Social Trust in 2001. The college offers a multitude of under graduate and post graduate degree courses in different branches of engineering and management.

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).

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.

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...

All India Institute of Hygiene & Public Health, established in 1932 as the first school of Public Health in South-East Asia region, has been a Pioneer Institute of its kind dedicated to teaching, training, and research in various disciplines of Public Health and allied sciences to ensure capacity building in the area of Public Health. The teaching, training, and research at AIIH&PH have the unique support of its field laboratories, namely, Urban Health Center, Chetla and Rural Health Unit & T...

Mahadevananda Mahavidyalaya, a co-educational day College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta (date of affiliation: 29.07.1968), was founded in Monirampore, under Barrackpore Sub-division of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, by Late Swami Jyotirmoyananda Giri Maharaj, in the sacred memory of his preceptor Late Swami Mahadevananda Giri Maharaj, on the auspicious day of Janmashtami, and the Independence Day, the 15th of August, 1968. The 15th of August being a holiday, the 16th of August ha...

The only college meant for imparting Women's Education in the District of Dakshin Dianjpur 'BALURGHAT MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA' was founded on 12th August. 1970, thanks, to the honest initiatives of Educationists and local people. Mention must be made of the Late Dr. Atul Cnandra Chakraborty, the Late Nilkanta Bagchi, the late Satindra Nath Basu, the late Kamalendu Chakraborty, the Late Bomkesh Chakraborty, me Late Dhirendra Nath Banerjee and the Late Nishith Ranjan Acharya etc! he college could ...

Sankrail Anil Blswas Smrltl Mahavldyalaya,established in 2007 and affiliated to Vidyasagar University Is the out come of genuine and sincere effort of the people of all spheres of Sankrail and Neighbouring Blocks.The College has been named in the memory of a person who has devoted his life for the poor and the down trodden.We feel great pride in this achievement.

Sitananda College came to its existence as a result of the collective effort of common people living in Nandigram and its vicinity immediate after the independence. It originates as an inevitable outcome of the hopes and aspirations of people belonging to all sections of the society irrespective of caste, creed, community and religious groups. They felt the necessity of an institute of higher education for the building intellectual spreading the light of knowledge among common people to build...

Raiganj Surendranath Mahavidyalaya is a coeducational general-degree college, with student strength of about 5000. The college was founded in 1986. The college offers three-year Bachelor of Arts BA and Bachelor of Science BSc degrees under the University of GourBanga. Located in the northern end of Raiganj town, the campus includes a modern three storied building. Excellent facilities include science laboratories, library with e-resource, office equipped with network, recreation room, music r...

The origin of Shree Agrasen Mahavidyalaya may be traced to the proposals for establishment of some new colleges in North Bengal during the period of nineties. Dalkhola was naturally a strong claimant for establishment of a new college in the locality. There was sufficient justification for establishment of a college, as there was no such institution for higher education within a radius of 50 km. The area had been totally neglected during the period of British Rule in complete indifference to ...