Dinabandhu Andrews College

Dinabandhu Andrews College (Bengali: দীনবন্ধু এণ্ড্ৰুজ কলেজ) is a college affiliated to the University of Calcutta, situated in Garia, South 24 Parganas. It was established in 1956 and named after Rev. Charles Freer Andrews, a renowned Christian missionary, educationist, and philanthropist.

Dinabandhu Andrews College
Motto
প্রণিপাতেন পরিপ্রশ্নেন সেবয়া
Motto in English
Earn Education & Serve the Humanitarian
TypeGovernment sponsored
Established1956 (1956)
AffiliationUniversity of Calcutta
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology for BBA Honours
PrincipalDr. Indrajit Sinha
Students5000
Address
54, Raja S C Mallick Road Baishnabghata, 24 Parganas (South)
,
Garia Kolkata
,
West Bengal 700084
,
India

22°28′06.80″N 88°22′33.14″E
CampusUrban
Websitewww.dacollege.org
Dinabandhu Andrews College is located in Kolkata
Dinabandhu Andrews College
Location in Kolkata
Dinabandhu Andrews College is located in India
Dinabandhu Andrews College
Dinabandhu Andrews College (India)

This Co-educational college has nearly 5000 students and offers Courses in 15 subjects in Science, Arts and Commerce stream along with General courses. Not only UG courses, this college also offers post graduation in subjects like Electronics and Zoology.

History

Dinabandhu Andrews College was established in the year 1956 and the college is named after freedom fighter Rev. Charles Freer Andrews.

The college was constituted at the fringe of the semi-urban zone of South 24 Parganas district with an aim to disseminate the scope of higher education to a huge number of children of the displaced persons from erstwhile East Pakistan, presently Bangladesh.

Departments

Science
  • Botany: B.Sc. (Hons.)
  • Physics: B.Sc. (Hons.)
  • Chemistry: B.Sc. (Hons.)
  • Mathematics: B.Sc. (Hons.)
  • Electronics: B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc.
  • Zoology: B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc.
  • Microbiology: B.Sc. (Hons.)
  • Sericulture: B.Sc. (Hons.)

Arts and Commerce
  • Bengali: B.A (Hons.)
  • English: B.A (Hons.)
  • History: B.A (Hons.)
  • Geography: B.A (Hons.)
  • Political Science: B.A (Hons.)
  • Philosophy: B.A (Hons.)
  • Accounting & Finance: B.Com. (Hons.)

See also

References

    www.dacollege.org

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