Jamshedpur Workers College, Jamshedpur

About Jamshedpur Workers College, Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur Workers' College is a constituent Unit of Kolhan University. This is an ideal co-educational institutional. It is situated at Mango, Jamshedpur on the bank of Swarnarekha river on the lap of nature, away from the din and the bustle of the city (Near Swarnarekha Bridge). It is connected by roads from all sides. It was established in 1959, by Sri Madan Mohan Mishra, advocate and Late V. N. Kishore with the valuable co-operation of Sri Vishwanath Singh, Sri Manoranjan Dash, advocate and a team of dedicated teachers under the leadership of Sri J. D. Kishore (Principal). Now the college is one of the biggest of Kolhan University.

There is no denying the fact that the coming of Jamshedpur Workers’ College was the result of the untiring efforts, great zeal and tremendous self-sacrifice of toiling masses under the able leadership of late Madan Mohan Mishra, Late Sri B. N. Kishore, Sri Manoranjan Das and the Founder Principal Sri J. D. Kishore. Jamshedpur Workers’ College, as the name itself suggest, is a unique college of its kind in the country. As the name goes, it blossomed out of the noble mission of imparting higher education to and fulfilling the dream of the youth section of the toiling mass of the steel city along with their work life. While it started with a boon for needy and unprivileged section of the society, today it has blossomed into one of the leading institute of the industrial town. Seated on the river belt of river Subarnareka, it enjoys a calm, serene atmosphere, congenial to learning.

Jamshedpur Workers’ College, a premier institute of higher education at Mango, Jamshedpur came into being on the eve of 1959. The Ranchi University came into existence in 1960 and the college was affiliated to this new born university and in 1976 the college became a constituent unit of the university. The co-educational institution had started its glorious journey of imparting education with one year pre- university programme in Arts. Within one year, the College started Bachelor of Art programme to synchronize the development of the stream. Keeping the increasing importance of science education in view, the college initiated Bachelor of Science in 1977 and honors programme in Mathematics started in 1981 followed by other honors programmes in sciences and in commerce. New courses were added to the curriculum of the college with due permission of the university at different stages of its progress. It was in 2004 the college got the opportunity of to be assessed by NAAC and was accredited C Grade. In 2005 the college was provincialized along with other 188 colleges by the government of Jharkhand. Kolhan University was established in 2009 at Chaibasa and the college became a permanent constitute unit of the university.