Barasat Government College

Barasat Government College
TypeUndergraduate college
Established1950
PrincipalDr. Samar Chattopadhyay
Location, ,
22°43′03″N 88°28′46″E / 22.717362°N 88.4794103°E / 22.717362; 88.4794103
CampusBarasat
AffiliationsWest Bengal State University
Websitewww.bgc.org.in
Barasat Government College is located in West Bengal
Barasat Government College
Location in West Bengal
Barasat Government College is located in India
Barasat Government College
Barasat Government College (India)

Barasat Government College (BGC) is a state Government-owned college in Barasat, North 24 Parganas in the Indian state of West Bengal. The college was established in 1950[1] and is affiliated with the West Bengal State University[2] and run by the Government of West Bengal. It was formerly affiliated with the University of Calcutta.[3] It is a NAAC accredited with "A" grade & DST-FST sponsored college.[4][5][6]

The college has two "shifts"- morning and day. The morning shift accommodates the Undergraduate general courses in arts and sciences, and the day shift is for Honours Undergraduates and Postgraduates in botany (which was established in 2003), zoology, physics, chemistry, and Bengali.

  1. ^ List of Colleges-> West Bengal Archived 27 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine Official Website of University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 27 July 2012
  2. ^ "Affiliated College of West Bengal State University". Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012
  3. ^ Barasat Govt. College History Archived 29 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 July 2012
  4. ^ "Welcome to Barasat Government College". bgc.org.in. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  5. ^ "APC college homepage". apccollege.ac.in. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
  6. ^ "NAAC Accreditation Status". naac.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 November 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2017.