About the CollegeAbout the College:Gobardanga Hindu College, a Govt. Sponsored co-educational Degree College affiliated to the West Bengal State University, Barasat, North 24Pgs. Established in 1947, on the 27th day of November, the college has moved through diverse terrains of history, politics and culture. A number of eminent, inspired and energetic academicians moved from Daulatpur College (located in the Khulna district of present Bangladesh and once a part of the Jessore district of undivided Bengal) to Gobardanga with the promise of spreading the light of knowledge therein. The Mukherjees of Gobardanga- the wealthy landlords donated part of the land on which the college stands today. Though there were only a few subjects taught in the initial phase of the college, today classes are held in about 23 subjects in Arts/Humanities, Science and Commerce streams. The departments of Bengali, Education and History have already introduced post-graduation courses in their respective subjects. A large number of students are therefore being benefitted. Gobardanga Hindu College is one of those few colleges to have an adjoining B.Ed section in its vast campus in the district. College was awarded an “A” grade by NAAC in 2005 & 2016. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, has selected a handful of academic institutions to receive funds under RUSA scheme, of which our college is a proud recipient. Infrastructure & Support:Human Resource:Currently the college has 60 sanctioned full time Teaching posts including one Principal, Government approved Part Time Teachers 6, and 5 Government approved Contractual Whole Time Teachers. In addition to the above the students also benefit from a number of Guest faculties in various disciplines. By the other token the college had 24 sanctioned non-teaching posts, including 1 Head Clerk, 1 Accountant, 1 Cashier, 9 Laboratory Attendants, 3 Lower Division Clerks, 1 Lady Attendant, 3 Bearers, 2 Guards and 2 Sweepers, 3 Office Peon, 1 Cook, 1 Kitchen Attendant. Currently, however, we have 48 Non-Teaching staff members in position. College OfficeThe college office has an area of about 2000 sq.ft. with sufficient number of computers, printers and Steel Almirah. The college has tie up with bank for collection of fees from the students through specific software such that daily report of collection of cash is generated by the software itself duly countersigned by the designated person of the concerned bank. The college office makes use of microphones for providing instruction to the students helping them fill in the Registration Forms, Examination Forms etc. College office has Internet facilities. ClassroomsThe college has 60 classrooms including 8 classrooms with ICT Facilities, 1 Virtual Classroom and 1 Gallery with the capacity of accommodation ranging from 30 to 250. College Buildings:The institution has its stupendous Building Lay-outs within the huge area of the academic complex. Name of the buildings are as follows:
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