Dinabandhu Andrews College

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Dinabandhu Andrews College

Motto	প্রণিপাতেন পরিপ্রশ্নেন সেবয়া
Motto in English	Earn Education & Serve the Humanitarian
Type	Government sponsored
Established	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Affiliation	University of Calcutta Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology for BBA Honours
Principal	Dr. Indrajit Sinha
Students	5000
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 / 22.4685556°N 88.3758722°E / 22.4685556; 88.3758722
Campus	Urban
Website	www.dacollege.org
Location in Kolkata Show map of Kolkata Dinabandhu Andrews College (India) Show map of India

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.

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

• List of colleges affiliated to the University of Calcutta
• Education in India
• Education in West Bengal

References

External links

www.dacollege.org